CHACONIAC's Blog

Greetings all:

What a bittersweet time of year for all of us gardeners. The days grow short and the harvest is in, the plants we've nurtured so lovingly since May begin to fail, their colors fade and their blossoms wilt. 

Certainly there is something in the cycles we see in our gardens that remind us of our own mortality. The Bible says "to everything there is a season," and it helps to remember that the season that brings a killing frost also brings promise, especially in the way of bulb catalogs. Page after page that offer nodding daffodils and exuberant tulips, sweet-smelling hyacinth and even sweeter lilies...more flowers than I could possibly fit in my postage stamp garden.  

What an act of defiance it is to stick things in the ground when it will soon be frozen solid and covered with snow. And how those first tender green shoots of crocus give us the strength to carry on through Chicago's miserable weather, knowing better days are on the way.

 It helps us face the winter when we know we've planted something beautiful for the future.

Regards,

Lilia