The dirt and seed crew around here has been happily yapping about signs of life for months now. We’ve paid mind to grassy points of crocus, grape hyacinth and chives pushing up through snow and unraked leaves and gaps between the flagstone pavers, and smiled at the first tiny iris to open wide to spring.
Even a forecast of heavy, wet snow a few weeks ago couldn’t tamp down the contagious enthusiasm of those little blooms.
Before the flakes flew I frantically spaded a bag of mushroom compost into my kitchen garden, raked a little and broadcast seeds of early-season promise — beets, peas, red onions, lettuce, spinach, kale and chard.
Indoors, three types of tomatoes, four kinds of basil, cucumbers, chiles and a few seeds saved from my neighbor’s giant pumpkin last fall got tucked in under a grow-light rig. Tiny herb and tomato plants have already begun to emerge.
So far, I like the look of things to come and hope that this season of Grow, published every Friday in The Denver Post, will help you find the promise of your own garden.
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