Plans for Spring
/We had a first spring-like March day this past weekend: breezy, a little warmer, and sunny. I started thinking about our typical spring plans.
After being at home more than usual during the latter part of winter we are ready for some travel. We are planning a road trip to the coastal North Carolina wildlife refuges sometime in April. The rest will be day trips. I want to visit old favorites and some of places mentioned in the Master Naturalist Training:
- Brookside Gardens
- Longwood Gardens
Washington DC cherry blossoms (picture from last year)- Soldiers Delight State National Environmental Area
- Adkins Arboretum
- Cylburn Arboretum
Other plans fall into the spring cleaning:
- Pulling leaves and dried stems from flowerbeds, moving compost that is ‘ready’ to the beds and starting a new compost pile
- Cleaning all the windows in the house - inside and out
- Dispositioning the piles of ‘stuff’ that have not been moved since fall (most if it should probably be given away)
- Moving warm weather clothes to closest and deciding which winter clothes to keep/which will not be worn again and should be given away
Now that I’ve made the lists - it is enough to overlay on activities like Master Naturalist class and the subsequent volunteer work for the Howard County Conservancy. I am anticipating a busy - and fun - Spring 2015.
