I’m pretty sure I’m living in a fantasy world right now. In my world, it is 75 – 80 degrees in March, and I walk outside to find (under a bit of leaves and old dead garden plants from last summer) that several of our garden lovelies have miraculously returned from the dead. 
Raspberries grow where none grew before (no joke). The entire summer, all we had were brown dead sticks which I didn’t bother digging up. Glad I left them!
Mint sprouts new tendrils from the pot we left them in last fall… more out of laziness than purpose. 
Curly parsley pops up, again from the same pot… which is now stuck forever in this place, as the strong roots made their way out the bottom of the pot and way down deep into the earth below.
This dream-bubble might burst over the next two months, but every time I glance at the 10-day forecast, the weather predicts storms and rain and sunshine and wind, but no temperature even close to cool enough to harm these lovely things. And yet, though we ordered some of our plants already, they are not set to arrive until late April.
A toad named “Frog.”
The other part of the fantasy world involves my children actually being extremely for-real helpful this year! Like, raking actual leaves out of the garden with mini rakes and then stuffing them into compostable bags; tilling real soil; spreading real compost; digging up real weeds and even shaking the dirt off the roots. Watering freshly-planted flowers without stomping all over them. You know, real-life gardening. And the coolest thing is, it seems to be part of their fantasy world too. So it looks like all we have left to do is wait, then let the planting frenzy begin!
I love it when my laziness ends up working in my favor! I have a few herbs that have clung to life through the winter, in spite of my neglect, and now I tell myself that I *meant* to do it that way… Like you, I’m beyond excited to get out in the garden this spring. Right now it’s just all pure possibility!
I just love how much the boys love the garden. Hands down, 1 of my top 5 favorite memories from childhood was having my own little yet prosperous garden when I was around 10 years old. How exciting and miraculous that the raspberries came back! I’m excited to see the progression over the next few weeks.. if this warm weather keeps up, I’m sure you’ll have some great updates for us. Happy Spring to all of you!
Love those little gardeners! This weather is crazy and blissful (although it does worry me a little!). It’s so neat when plants resurect themselves after the winter… my mom calls them “volunteers” and I can never bring myself to pull them even when they’re in the way of my plans.
How wonderful! This made me so happy and excited for warmer weather!
I’ve been debating whether or not to get some seeds in the ground — we’ve had such an unusually warm winter here on the east coast. I love the idea of having some garden-fresh mesclun greens in a couple of weeks!
Our spring has been early and warm here too. Crazytown. The redbuds are already turning green and there are strawberries peeping out in the fruit patch. My husband is the gardener. I just follow along behind and smile and reap the bounty!