Spring...ish

 I know, most of Northern hemisphere is having spring in full swing. Yes, so do we, but it's a spring here, not such summer others have already. If I look from our dining room windows, it's full winter, a foot of snow and all. Other windows, not so much, but not very summery either. Some parts of Europe have been drying up already, and some parts have been drenched... We haven't had rain since March, nut because all that snow there's plenty of water. For now.

I have few tomato plants growing, and okra. I need to repot them tomorrow, and after that I need to decide which plants I want to grow in my veggie plot, which ones inside my greenhouse and polytunnel and which ones I will be growing in my "rented" plot at my sister's. That house and plot doesn't belong to Old man and my mother, because my sister with her hb bought it! But rules remain the same, potatoes will be planted in the beginning of the summer, root cellar is free to use and I have my plot there. And as a rent I'll make a cover for her comfy chair and sew whatever her children need.

I need also think how to sow all seeds needing propagation, because most plants need that and I don't have my polytunnel to use now. It needed a new cover, the old one was disintegrating, it just fell as flakes off the enforcing netting. But right sized cover can't be found (they were sold out in the autunm and never came back to stock). So I bought just plain plastic sheets, but I need help to set up - maybe I need to stich it over the frame with needle and thread? I have no idea how to pull that one yet.

So, I have only my small glass greenhouse to use for seedlings. So, beans, corn, all cabbages... salads, chard, spinach... Oh well.

Cranes have been back for few weeks already. Swans were here, but they have moved on, they spent here only maybe two weeks. It's sad they don't nest here, but we don't have big enough water for them, the pond next to our yard is too shallow. There is an island in the middle of the pond, but water can get so low taht foxes and lynxes can walk right there. Swans are not taking any risks.

Hazel nut by my parent's new house is in full bloom. Or... well it's in full bloom, but have you seen the flowers? They are TINY. Pretty, but I had to zoom in with my phone to see them!

My rhubarb is not yet growing, but in neigbours garden there are some nubs visible. Haven't seen there any giant hogweed seedligs yet, I'm hoping there will be no more big plants, just seedlings. Next I have lupins to deal with.

That garden has some ground elder growing, so I thing I will pick some and make an omelette or maybe soup with them. I was supposed to have a whole week of next week, but then there was one meeting on wed I have to attend and then there was another on tue. So, at least I have rest of the week off, anf because Moday is Mayday, I have that off too, so long weekend.

After that we'll be attending wedding to hb's nephew, and week after that is Eurovision Song Contest. We'll be having a role play game made by my brother! We were supposed to have a game night during Christmas, but because we were sick it didn't happen. It's not hard to guess which one I look forward more... (I've seen the future mrs nephew only once, he used to be very close to us, he spent his summers here, but life happens, he got married to his first wife who wasn't keen on his family, so we didn't meet her even once! and when they divorced covid happened and now he lives even further away)

There was a tiny roe deer in our field and 'Suma got all agitated when she saw her. My ears are still ringing, I had to suht all blinds so she couldn't see her anymore. I hope she's gone now so I can go and fetch cats inside, I don't want to scare her.