Last week we frollicked in fields devoid of snow and lingered to enjoy the first Flowers of the season- Snowdrops, Winter Aconite and Hellebore.

Then winter arrived again, and this second round seems intent on reminding us of the true definition of the season; serious cold and serious snow.

March is almost always like this. We’ll have a bit of warmth in the end of February. Such a tease. The maple sap runs, and the roads melt enough for serious muddy ruts to form. We get excited and think maybe this will be the year when March is gentle with us. Then March sweeps in with a bitterness of wind and non-stop snow.

It feels like lunacy to start seeds, but we do it anyways. It seems like lunacy to expect the Snowdrops to be there when the snow recedes, but we expect them to poke through the snow, perky and unbowed. The bees we visited with last week as they too checked out the exposed gardens? It seems like lunacy to plan on their reappearance after March’s bitter chill, but we expect them too. We fed the bees “winter patty” during the February warm spell, so we’ve helped them eek through March. We probably will come up with our own “winter patty” to get us through March. In the office it will probably be Flower Essence spritzes and chocolate, a brilliant combo.

In the meantime we enjoy hearing from you all about the warm and sunshine in your more southern worlds. Here at the farm, I try to enjoy the endless flakes of snow falling but really, I can’t wait until its raindrops and I’m out in the gardens again digging and weeding and savoring every last green and blossoming thing.

I think Sheba is looking forward to this too.