Frustration and The Ides of March

 How to explain what's going on? Caesar, beware the Ides of March! Wait...wasn't that a pop group back in the late 1960s or early 1970s? Yes, it was. Look 'em up. They had, as far as I know, one hit entitled Vehicle. It's on my playlist. 

This time of year feels like a dead zone. I can't get outside because it's too windy which makes it too chilly. It's driving me crazy, too. I have things to do to ready my little garden space, things I WANT to do. And one can only do so much housework and laundry. Then there's the fact that since I can't get outside, I can't make a video. It's very frustrating. 

Even Deuce is feeling it. The dog is clearly bored. It's too cold for an old dog to go for a long walk because he wants to wade in the creek. NO. I can't allow that. His arthritis would flare up. So we nap. We are well caught up on our sleep. 

But I live in hope. March is half over. It's time to start seeds. May first is six weeks out - the time young plants can be put in pots, buckets, and planters for the season. And here I sit - blogging. I really am in a funk I do not want to be in. 

I think time is the only cure. Once this next batch of cold weather is over, I think I can get going with everything. 

Trust me. I can barely contain my excitement. 

The Lady of Holly Tree Manon/The Hideaway

Holly Tree Manor, The Hideaway, weather, spring, gardening, frustration, country lifestyle, rural living, seedlings, black Lab Retriever, a writer's life

How can it be March already?

I've been coasting. That is to say, this winter has been one long void of real activity. Sure, I've spent a lot of time filling the wood racks and feeding the woodstove, but doing projects? Nope. It's too cold.

This has been the coldest winter I remember since 1994, when we had temperatures -22F. That's not a typo. Twenty-two below zero Fahrenheit. 

Anyway...I've survived the winter. It's March, and my thoughts have moved on from what I've not been doing to what I'm going to do. It's time to take advantage of every warm day to ready the garden space and start seeds and cuttings. 

I started wax plant cuttings yesterday. Eighteen red and eighteen white cuttings are in the tray. I want to plant the Greenstalk beside the walk in rings of red and white - three white and two red. 

This is the year I want to work on installing a better fence around the garden area, and I've ordered what is basically a starter kit to see how I like it. It will go around the corner where I keep a small table and chair. This is also the year I want to grow more herbs. We'll see how that goes since I'm adjusting to solo country living. I don't have the same needs since my husband passed. 

I've been making videos and posting them on YouTube. I invite you to view them and to subscribe to the Holly Tree Manor channel. I don't get any money for the vids. They're simply a way for me to keep track of what happened when. Maybe, one day, they'll be the only proof I existed. Who knows? 

You can find my YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@KCKendricks  or type in Holly Tree Manor. Maybe I'll figure out a way to make that easier. Hmmm. 

The Lady of Holly Tree Manor/The Hideaway

Holly Tree Manor, The Hideaway, country living, rural, John Deere 1023, single living, gardening, YouTube channel,