What brings you joy in the spring time? I enjoy seeing so many gardens come to life after a long winter. my joy comes from the success of the plants I have growing. In the veggie garden right now are my cooking greens & lettuces. I feel lucky to be in Rochester, NY and have the Fredrick Law Olmsted designed gardens to walk through here. As the calendar says mid spring, the lilacs in Highland Park are bursting with their fabulous scent.
This is some of the late fall 2022 Collard I planted last year. It was not big enough to harvest last fall and it has overwintered here. We had an odd winter and it was not cold long enough to kill this off.
Why I love gardening. My paternal Grandma had an amazing green thumb. Growing up, I helped her in her gardens. I have fond memories of her yard in the spring bursting with colors. Some of the flowers and plants in her gardens: roses, zinnias, geraniums, peonies, sweet potato vine, pansies, petunias, snapdragons, raspberries, blackberries, violets and many others.
This is perennial sage in my backyard garden. I have many fond memories every spring when the snapdragon bloom. it still is my favorite flower and she always put them into water whenever I harvested the wild snaps near her summer cottage. As I grow older, I am grateful for all I have learned from her about gardening and food storage. She is the reason I started canning tomatoes. Now in the winter, I can enjoy the fresh tomato flavor forth summer garden. Thank you Grandma.
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Free the People ROC is the group in Rochester, NY. As an ally, I want to support and stand up.
We need to support our brothers and sisters.
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