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Sunday, 3 May 2026

Interim: May is here!

Where I live, we're still getting April showers, but the calendar puts us in flower season. I missed my moment to put out the peony supports, so they're going to go all floppy; the lavender is still working on greening up; the rather expensive rose I bought for my birthday last year seems to have died over the winter (boo!); the "lawn" is a mass of dandelions and violets, plus creeping Charlie. A couple-three weeks ago I bought lettuce and spinach seedlings but haven't put them in the ground yet, as we had a frost warning on 1 May! Around here, you have to buy plants when they appear in stores, not when you're ready to plant, or they'll all be gone.

What are you ready to do? What needs to wait for the right moment? Does frost, real or metaphorical, threaten any of your projects?