My garden is a blank canvas this year, and while the February garden looks dormant, there is a whole universe of creatures and activitity teeming below the surface of the soil. My second batch of compost goes into raised bed #2 next weekend, and a third batch will be started. The seeds have arrived, and I will have four Three Sisters gardens. I put leaves on the area between the raised beds to kill the grass so I can lay down gravel paths for easier access to the beds for both me and the soaker hoses that will be coming from the rain barrel.
I bought my Orchard Mason Bees this afternoon at Flower World. They will be in the refrigerator until mid-March, and when the temperature rises and remains above 55 degrees, I will take them outside and put them into their tiny bee 'condos' until they hatch. I'm also looking for a couple of batches of ladybugs this year, as they will eat non-beneficial pests.
Books are being read, garden plans being drawn, and dreams of my garden dance in my head!
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