EDITORletter
Credits Kathy Jentz Editor/Publisher Washington Gardener 826 Philadelphia Ave. Silver Spring, MD 20910 Phone: 301-588-6894 kathyjentz@gmail.com www.washingtongardener.com Ruth E. Thaler-Carter Proofreader Dorvall Bedford Hojung Ryu Interns Subscription: $20.00
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Time Distortions What day of the week does it feel like? So often these days, a Wednesday feels like a Friday or a Tuesday feels like a Thursday. Is it the weekend or the work week? Last week, I asked someone what day of the month it was as I was writing a donation check. With no calendar in sight, we had to Google it. For many of us in these pandemic times, our internal clocks and calendars are so out of whack. Days, weeks, and months start to blur together and it is no surprise that our seasons do as well. It doesn’t help when Mother Nature thinks it is funny to whiplash the weather back and forth between summer and winter, when it is supposed to be spring. Is it any wonder that our garden plants also get confused? A few bloom too early and get nipped by a killing frost, others bud out so late that we wonder if they are dead and contemplate yanking them out to make way for new plantings. In the vegetable garden, I know my radish and lettuce seedlings usually emerge a couple days after planting. This March, though, they took their own sweet time— probably due to colder than normal soil temperatures. Meanwhile, my asparagus is growing earlier and faster than any past season that I can recall. Some people garden by the moon cycles and can rely on the charted phases to do their planting and maintenance tasks. I’m starting to lean that way myself, noting that the full Pink Moon just occurred. This moon cycle is supposed to mark a period that returns us to balance in our lives after recent upheavals, so perhaps it will start to feel “normal” again. Meanwhile, I’ll be keeping a pocket calendar handy to keep reminding myself the date and day of the week. Sincerely,
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