No more hard freezes for us this month! As yesterday’s temperature reached the upper sixties mark, I headed outside to pull back the frost covers to assess the damage from last week’s bitter cold. My fear that I’d spend the next few weeks tossing dead plants into a makeshift compost pile reigned in quickly. My limp Aloe Vera still hid firm, green leaves in a few spots while some of the smaller pots survived intact. My spider plants, drooping and defeated, always come back by early spring. The oldest bushes out back, Asparagus Ferns, hold a gilded top layer. They’ll bounce back soon. The newly planted Foxtail Ferns survived without a blemish. Out front, an unexpected surprise of a couple of blossoms poured hope into my spirit.
February’s forecast means new goals for my gardens this spring. Top on the list? Bag after bag of top soil distributed throughout both yards. With my 2025 Wildflower Reference Guide and Seed Catalog from WildSeed Farms, I’ll plot out new choices for me and my gardens. Who knows? Maybe I’ll even get some Japanese morning glory to grace the fairy weathervane this year!
Copyright 2026 Elizabeth Abrams Chapman
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