Ah, Spring! Not yet but close.

THIS VINCA FLOWER GIVES NEW MEANING TO JUST A WALLFLOWER AT HEART!

It was 62 degrees here today and tomorrow might bring our first rain of the season, so I whipped out and bought new seeds and planted them this afternoon! Did my favorite Bourdeaux Spinach and Tatsoi! When I turned the soil over to make the rows to plant in, what I found was totally superb soil as a result  of having dug in 5 inches of compost last fall. Tomorrow, if it hasn't started to rain I'll add more compost to each side of my rows to dig in later as the seeds grow.

Making compost in the Southwest is one of the harder  things I've ever done in my gardening career as the lack of rain makes everything take forever to break down. With our lack of rainfall and diminishing snow covers to waste water on dead and dying plants rather than the living plants and
human uses makes no sense to me at all. There was a reason the Anasazis left!

We are running three weeks ahead of normal seasons. The herbs are all up, the tulips, daffodils, rose bushes are showing new leaves and buds are appearing on the fruit trees. Alas, it is still February!
What may we expect in March and April?