Planning for Spring, (there's still plenty of time....)

Planning for Spring, (there's still plenty of time....)

Don't you just want to climb up and see where these quirky stairs lead?

They may not be the safest staircase I've seen but they sure are fun. 

The colors and bird photos remind me of spring as well, which leads me to this post.

Time to start planning the garden...if there's going to be one or not and if so what will be in it.

Now that I'm working again the task, as much as I normally like it, seems daunting. 

I have so many grand plans in my head and can imagine something like this...

Or this.....

but since I don't have a full time gardening staff I'm pretty sure I should shoot for something like this

Okay, maybe I'll go somewhere in between.

I'm contemplating more container gardens around the yard... 

Apparently you can use about anything that can hold soil. Now where did I put my old guitar???

Maybe I can lash my clementine boxes together into some fabulous array?

I'd also like to eventually have cold frames... 

and a small movable greenhouse...

and I really like the idea of this living succulent wreath....

And let's not forget the herb garden and flower beds...

See what I mean...too many ideas for one season. 

I'll have to see what I can manage since I'll be doing most of it myself. I love digging, planting, weeding, mowing and watching everything come together. It's pretty satisfying. I have friends that are great gardeners (you know who you are Ruth, Glenda, Joyce, Lisa) and I could be envious, but I know they started like me and I have to keep learning, failing, succeeding and enjoying the process.

My birdbath bowl broke last fall because I was working and too darn lazy to bring it in before it was a birdie skating rink, which of course cracked it. So I must find a replacement for that. The birds liked it and it's nice to have them out there eating the unwanted bugs.

Then there's the prep work, like masking off a room before you can paint it....

before I do anything I have to milky spore the whole acreage to kill the Japanese Beetle eggs and larva before they hatch and kill my fruit trees again this year. I ended up with one wizened apple after all the gorgeous blossoms on everything. I picked a thousand of them and some other horrid little brown beetles off my trees and herbs (RIP Basil) and plunged them to their deaths in rubbing alcohol, but let me tell you I'm sooooo not into doing that again, nor do I have the time, so Milky Spore it is!

So, I'm going to go up the quirky stairs of my mind and see what's waiting up there for spring.

Any ideas you want to share, any sage advice or spare containers or mature fruit trees?

What are your plans?

Do tell.

Happy Planning!

Leanne

photos courtesy of Pinterest, the place that inspires you & makes you feel inferior all at the same time.