springing into spring

Time to Think Spring

    

     It seems that this winter has went on forever , and part of that is that it has become  cold and stayed that way. With misery impaling itself on more misery while in some ways adjusting our tolerance levels, allowing us to fully succumb to this winter we firmly call only: made in Ohio. That bone chilling numbness that hurts all the way down so subtly to your soul. They say it’s the humidity or the moisture in the air, or some other meteorological phenomenon but truly it is just something only an Ohioan would know about.

      It’s kinda like being a Cleveland fan. Whether it’s the Browns, Cavaliers, or the Indians, it is always that same pain we endure as week after week we sit and cheer on a losing team always trying to keep the faith up as if in the last minute we will finally be champions of something. But instead the hurt we experience  is  much like the weather, as we wait for some sunny news and yet we realize we are just masochists at heart that just we love that pain we share when it just another gray day.

        But even this winter has pushed me more than usual. I had a little Black Angus calf born in the blizzard and named him Blizzard, as you never know when she is going to blow by. She runs snorts and jumps and today when I let Blizzard and her mom out today she had her mom on the run trying to keep up with her.

      I finally was able to trap Blizzard by the barn and shooed her back in the pen and then her mom who was glad the exercise was over and that Blizzard was under control. I heard Blizzard still yet as she was    bellowing and snorting as she continued to tear up even though she was in the confines of the barn . She has been nothing but a handful since born. Seeing her born and running around today makes me think of spring.

       And with spring comes hope that maybe this might be the year we finally get that championship team at something. After all that is what us Ohioans are all about and that is hope. It’s a gray day and the Browns just lost again, but there is always the Indians. Hope is our rallying call. It is kind of a never say never life.   We hope the weather gets better, and we will feel better. Hope is what drives us.  We understand disappointment and yet perseverance. We survive. Come on spring. Damn groundhogs don’t know anything.

     Will soon be diving into ordering seedlings and starter plants for this coming year and getting these started in the greenhouse.  Also I will be heating the greenhouse up soon in preparation for this year’s growing season. I will be taking special requests for any variety of bedding plant, tomato, green peppers, etc. in quantities you would like. Will have available to pick up on Mother’s day, and  as well I will have potted baskets and also trees and grasses(fescue), some perennials , and plenty more before then I hope to share with you.

     As I go along here I will be keeping you up to date with any news regarding what will be available for this spring. Please keep checking in at my blog site or at kevscarvings @facebook.com , or kevscarvings.com. I plan on updating my website and you can always contact me at kdavis3051@yahoo.com, if you would like to request plants. Thank you for reading.