Monday, March 16, 2015

March 18


The forsythia is yellowing noticeably now, and it stands apart from the other shrubs that line the edge rows of the fields. A month ago, you wouldn’t give it much notice, but now it seems to glow with expectancy.

We have a large bush on the northeast corner of the house that has a will of its own, growing wild in all directions and with a virulence of a summer weed. Each fall, I cut it back with a vengeance, knowing full well that by next mid summer it will be reaching upward in all directions.

Sarah took a pair of garden pruners out today and cut a few clippings to bring inside. Set them in a vase on the windowsill and wait a couple of weeks and we will have an early taste of spring, golden yellow flowers that precede the coming of the green.

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