CAN WE TALK ABOUT GARDENING AGAIN?

     When I got up this morning and looked at my calendar to see what day it actually is, I saw it's the "First Day of Spring."  And when I looked outside from my bedroom window, across the yard to the tall pine trees and hedge of red tips, I said, "Yep, looks like Spring."  That's Spring with a capital S.
     Of course, we've been feeling Spring here in our library since the first of March.  Anticipation after several dreary days brought forth displays of bright yellow daffodils, old watering cans, and all sorts of gardening implements.  We were hungry for bright greens and blazing colors of orange, pink, and purples.  We were just hungry for sunshine and warmer weather.
     If you are in the throes of  planning your Spring garden, you need to know this:  If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.
     We are here to help you with all kinds of information for your garden planning and maintenance.  Of course, our last blog was about our upcoming gardening program by Matt Roberts from the Colquitt County Extension Office and members of the Colquitt County High School FFA/Horticulture class.
     That might make you curious about what you can check out to take home, sit in your favorite easy chair or that back porch swing, and read about your favorite plants.
     One of our displays shows a sign with those words in bold above...about the garden and the library.  It also shows the covers of several books you are able to check out and gather more information for your knowledge storage box on plants of all kinds.
     For instance:

• The Everblooming Garden by Norman Taylor
• New Plants from Old by Charles M. Evans
• Garden Irises published by The American Iris Society
• Rose Growing Simplified by John Melton
• Windowbox and Balcony Plants by Norman Simpson

     As you can see from that very small list, we have information to cover every plant from gardens to windowboxes, from new plants to old plants, from irises to roses.
     If your Springtime itch to dig your fingers in the fresh soil hasn't struck yet, beware!  It will.  And even if you don't garden, before long, when the flowers are blooming and smelling like perfume, you will be out somewhere taking in all the wonderful Spring sights and smells.
     Ah!  It's just a favorite time of the year, isn't it?