Spring Is In The Air

I went to Sunnyside yesterday. Grabbed a big bag of potting soil and promptly ripped the top right off. They charge for carts so I thought I would do it old school style and that's what I get. I picked out some nasturtium seeds and a bag of compost. I think nasturtium is really going to be in this year and I plan to stay ahead of the trends.

I took out the old pitchfork and aerated the front lawn, as per the advice I heard on the CBC on Friday. I guess I could have rented a power aerator but doing it with a pitchfork is about a thousand times cooler. I am kind of against power garden tools, especially in the city. I mean, get off your ass and do it by hand for God's sake; it's not that hard. A farm or greenhouse is another story.

Anyways, I raked about a hundred and fifty cigarette butts out of the front lawn after I gave it the once over with the pitchfork. And it really hurt my feelings to find pieces of American Robin under the spruce tree. It won't be pretty if I catch the cat that is doing this.

In the flower bed I can see a million tulips, irises on the south side of the steps, and god knows what else coming up. Of course, those buggering broad leafed weeds are coming up as well as dandelions. The flox looks dead as can be but I know it will come back. I top dressed parts of the flower bed, especially the south side because it is so sandy there. When I turned it two years ago it was as if someone dumped a sandbag in there with some red bricks but I think it is starting to come around. I planted a ton of nasturtium in planters that I will start indoors and gave everyone a good watering before the mosquitoes got too bad.