After the unseasonal warmth in April came a return to temperatures cold enough to prolong the early flowering well into its more typical timing and beyond, in a sort of “perfect storm” of bloom.
The hard work of digging and bending is bound to build strength and fitness along with tenacity, but the main benefit is surely an intimate contact and relationship with the garden’s soil.
That’s what is happening to soils throughout the world in the many places where “deposits” made to soils are inadequate, or consist mainly of chemically processed inputs.
Treated as a living thing that needs feeding and care, the soil can keep plants well nourished and produce food rich in minerals and vitamins that keep us amply nourished too.
The Hardy Plant Group of the Victoria Horticultural Society will hold its next meeting, via Zoom, on Tuesday, 7 to 8:30 p.m.