i am embarrassed that it took STILL blog to teach me that most plants set their buds for spring well before the arrival of the previous winter. i sort of like the idea. get in a spring mood. clench tight. and wait for the warm weather. i could do that. actually, i sort of already do.
unidentified november twigs
minneapolis, minneosta
p.s. please do sign up for the newsletter (in the lower right of this screen) if you haven’t already
I took my first knitting class with a master gardener. This was years ago. It was a spring that bloomed then got dumped on with snow and cold air. I asked about those buds on our elm tree that I had just noticed was full of buds. Oh no, I thought. Poor tree! I asked my knitting teacher/master gardener if the tree would be OK. She said nothing and looked at me hard and weird. Because of course, those buds had already made it through the cold winter. I’m there with you on this one. I didn’t know that they bud so early.