[Ag-eq] Spring is coming!

[Tracy Carcione]

Hi Nella.
If you can work the ground, you should be able to plant roses.  I think
you're good to plant until it starts to get hot.

I have a great hosta for the shade called Aphrodite.  It has sweet-smelling
flowers.  There's also one called Banana something that smells like bananas.
Gotta try that one sometime!  I also have foamflowers, which don't smell but
are pretty.  Also dianthus, which blooms in the spring and fall, and has a
clove scent.  Also Sweet Woodruff, which has a sweet hay or vanilla scent,
and spreads out nicely.  Lots of choices for the shade.
Tracy

-----Original Message-----
From: nfoster at extremezone.com [mailto:nfoster at extremezone.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2015 9:35 AM
To: Tracy Carcione; Agricultural and Equestrean Division List
Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Spring is coming!

Yes, the weather has been in the 50s and 60s the last few days.  All of the
snow and ice has melted and then it rained on Monday and last night.  I
think I'm going to name my little farm something light Muddy Meadows or
Boggy Downs!

There are tiny wild flowers in the pasture and the trees are starting to bud
out.  I wonder when my cherry tree will bloom?

When should one plant roses?

Also what are some good plants to grow in shady areas?

It is suppose to rain today, so I hope the weather people are wrong.

I hope everyone has a day filled with sunshine.

Nella
Quoting Tracy Carcione via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>:

> The snow was melted enough yesterday for me to reach the pussy willow, and
> it's in bloom!  Just getting started, but, just the same.   It's always
the
> first sign of Spring.  The pussy willow always knows.
>
> The soil in my little greenhouse is not frozen.  I hope to put in some 
> cool-weather seeds this weekend, lettuce, spinach, radishes, turnips, 
> that kind of thing.  Of course I've gotten sick, so I hope I have the
energy.
> Guess I got too enthusiastic about unzipping my jacket when it got 
> into the 50's for a couple days.
>
> I've got to get out and prune the roses and butterfly bushes, too.  
> Hooray for getting out into the fresh air and sunshine!
>
> Tracy
>
>
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