I know for many of us spring feels so far away. The gardens are still brown and the although the air is not biting it certainly is not warm. Not even warm enough to feel like stepping outside to work in the gardens. No, Spring doesn’t feel  like it’s here. But feelings are subjective. We all know Spring, according to the passing pages in our calender, is here. Last Sunday a friend of mine gave me a bag full of hellebores to plant. For a week they say in the back since every time I thought about going outside I would get the shivers. Well today, a day colder than yesterday when I should have gone out, I mustered up the courage to go outside and plant these wonderful plants.

If you don’t know, they stay green all year, even through Pennsylvania winters which is where I live. I had a few already planted. also given to me by my friend, that were an encouragement to me as they reach up beyond the snow letting me know not everything is dead or in hibernation. Well back to my going outside when I thought it was too cold to go outside. First I found the fresh air invigorating, then the work of digging the needed holes, warming, and the completion of the job satisfying to no end. It was like getting the jump on spring. so I also planted onions, which should have been done a couple of weeks ago. And that felt good too. Now I am looking around for the next thing. I have a lot of next things and they may finaly get done.

The main point of all this is for me to encourage you to go outside. Take a walk if you have no gardens to work in or donated plants to plant. but by all means go out!