The garden is thawing!

Just a bunch of pictures taken today. The soil is mostly thawed and even warm! Nights are still quite cold so we can't plant much yet, but this means we will be able to prepare the garden soon. Well, at least after a week of rain and snow (?!). Hopefully all of this will melt and drain away in a short time span so we can work some of the beds on the 24th!





The strawberry blite is still bright green under the leaf protection.

The motherwort is also ready for the new growing season.

Here, the rhubarb (indicated by the red arrow because of the poor quality of the picture).

The garlic is already up and running!

More garlic!

The oregano seems to have survived very well.

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