Huh? A boonie hat is a hat issued to the military when they are deployed to the desert, i.e. Iraq. My hubby gave one of his to me after he retired and since I almost lost him during his second deployment, I am very sentimental about said hat. It works great for shielding my face from the sun and now that he has stopped nagging me about wearing it properly (the rank goes in the front and the name goes in the back...yes, dear) I gladly wear it when I garden. I have begun to fondly refer to the days I get to spend out in the gardens as "booney hat days". And today was one of those days...FI-NALLY!
⊰✿ It's Thyme for my dirt manicure ⊰✿
When I can get outside at the beginning of the season, I refer to my excitement and the pinging back and forth I do from one task to another, maybe finishing them maybe not, as "gardener ADD". There's just so much to do and I don't know where to start. The term fits a little more appropriately then I'd like, but there it is...Indoors there are seed packets everywhere and seedlings under plant lights in the basement and garden plans and nursery catalogs (aka gardener porn) EV-ERY-where.
ANYway, today was slightly windy but the sun came out and it was more than tolerable. I cleaned up the asparagus/rhubarb bed and the tiered ever-bearing strawberry bed that I had put in last fall. The rhubarb is doing well and the asparagus is starting to push through the soil. This is the first year I will be able to harvest the asparagus. I am currently researching some companion plants for that particular bed. I happened across a Leopard Frog among the leaves and was serenaded, as I toiled, by a House Wren. I purposely place a wren house near the potager for this very reason.
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Yup, perfect day. There are bound to be more. I hope you have been able to get out there and get your hands dirty too, fellow gardeners!
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