It’s been an intense winter for much of Michigan, especially in these last few months, so the warmer temperatures and sprouting buds on trees and in gardens is a welcomed and long-awaited sign of spring finally here. A season where we can embrace the outdoors without bundling up and enjoy the new signs of life found in all parts of nature — I’ve grown to love this time of year just as much as the rest, and starting our own little garden at home is a big reason why it’s now a favorite.
Gardening at first, like any task or project never done before, seemed daunting and so diffi cult that I put it off for the first few years living here. But as I slowly accumulated indoor house plants and kept them alive, the more doable the idea of sowing a garden outside became.
Last year, I chaotically began clearing out the areas by our home that seemed preferable for growth, and from there, it was just a matter of putting the shrubs in the ground. I had over a dozen varieties of both flowers and vegetables growing in pots, and the rest growing in the newly cleared area outside the house. Some flowers and vegetables didn’t make it, but most of what we planted did, so I’m fairly excited to get my hands dirty again to continue on in my gardening journey.
