On Gardening and Les Saints de Glace

There’s a legend in France and other parts of Europe about Les Saints de Glace (Ice Saints), whose feast days are May 11th-13th. The story goes that farmers would invoke these saints to prevent a late frost from destroying their seedlings.  It’s still a pervading legend, and many people won’t transplant their seedlings until after these dates are past.

We’re not that superstitious, and are eagerly waiting to get our seedlings out in the garden soon. They are still being coddled indoors right now though

Yes. That does say “Ugly Dark Red Tomatoes”. We are very scientific around here.

Meanwhile, outdoors we have more signs of the garden coming to life

The snapdragons have been happily growing, and even starting to bud.

And new leaves are poking through on the hardy hibiscus.

I also planted watercress seeds, and they popped up within a week!

In a few days I’ll be able to snip them to add to my salads.

This week we’ll get the vegetable beds tilled, and start hardening off the seedlings.

Do you have a garden report to share? Link me up in the comments!