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Spring(ing)

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The days are warm and the nights are cool and the rain falls with some semblance of regularity. When we walk the land we find pear blossoms and salad makings and dirt filled with seeds at all stages of life. It is spring, so they say.

I’d say this is a busy time of year but I can’t quite remember one that wasn’t, so maybe it’s just another season. It beckons us all outside with fence work and seed planting and laundry hanging. It hints at garden potential with fava bean leaves, cilantro, garden thinnings, and garlic scapes.

It is a sweet time of year when the smells of rain and soil mingle to make it feel almost like summer in Minnesota.

Almost.

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  3. For the first time in many years I have a lot of time to prepare for the growing season. I love to see those pictures, because basically my day today was seeding, watering swiss chard and checking the apple trees to make sure the frost didn’t killed the flowers.
    Now, if we could get some rain in the near future…

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