This is easily the most frustrating time of year for me as a gardener. I spent the winter staring outside and dreaming, the early spring planning and preparing, the last few months planting and purchasing and planting, and now, I have moved on to... waiting.
I hate waiting.
I've got another 4-5 weeks before my carrots and salad greens start coming in. I may see the first of my early tomatoes before that, but it's not likely. The squash will ripen in early July.
With the addition of my fruit this year (strawberries, blueberries, and my old friends the raspberry bushes) I should be getting some earlier results, but in the meantime, it's 3-4 times daily visits to my plants, walking around all of them to inspect the new leaf growth, the first forming buds of flowers, the deepening colors of leaf and fruit. Each plant, I wonder: will this one deliver on its promise? Will I lose it to disease or pests?
The hardest thing, during this time, is resisting the urge to plant more, to plant again. I have as many plants as I need, surely. I don't need cucumbers, or eggplant, or more beans. I need to settle and let the plants do their thing.
I just wish it would happen faster.
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