Home Again
We got home last night at 11:15. The weather here is much cooler than in Maryland. We still have rags of snow lying around, but it is much warmer here now than when we left last Sunday.
Before I left home, I watered the plants well. Then we turned the heat down and I hoped that the plants wouldn't need as much water with the heat lowered. But last night I found the soil in the flower pots completely dried out. I went around with the watering jug, giving them water before I went to bed. One little violet was so dry that when I poured in water, the soil broke loose from the side of the pot and the whole plant floated in its block of dry soil for a few minutes, until the soil could absorb the water. I think the plants will be OK in the long run, but they certainly did dry out.
Now as I write, I am looking out the window at the blooming snowdrops by my archway path, and across the road at the dirty piles of snow where it was pushed away from the parking lot at the school. There is a lot of yard work to do to get ready for sprink planting, but today is cold and rainy and I have lots to do to get ready for tomorrow.
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