Spring is slowly returning, and the garden is starting to wake up! In this video, I take a walk around my garden to see what’s happening: my raised beds are beginning to take shape, snowdrops are starting to appear, and I check on the plants I sowed over the winter in my mini greenhouses.
I also go through my seed supplies, reviewing expiration dates and organizing packets by sowing months to prepare for the upcoming planting season. Along the way, I notice some deer have nibbled on the roses and even my little magnolia—but the garden still looks promising.
It’s the perfect time to swap winter boots for rubber boots, enjoy the increasing sunny days, and celebrate the first small steps of spring in the garden.
You can watch the video here:
Video is in Latvian, but I’ve added subtitles in English just for you, my blogging friends 🙂
Ilze
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Yay for spring! I hope you have a wonderful growing season, Ilze. You live in a beautiful place. I don’t understand anything you say but the language sounds nice. Have a great weekend! ❤️
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I hope you find the subtitles helpful 🙂
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I didn’t see any subtitles but that could be my browser’s fault, Ilze.
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You have to turn them on – on the video, there is CC – might be in the upper corner or the bottom right corner 🙂
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Oh, thanks Ilze. I obviously have never used that option before. I think the road should be paved so that it can be used in the spring thaw, how do you guys get out to town?
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It will be fine unless the big car uses this road 🙂 It is latvian countryside 🙂
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I see, I always avoided the dirt roads in Michigan whether they were wet or dry. Muddy or dusty. Still do the same here.
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It’s not possible if you want to live in the countryside. There is no other road – just dirt for 1km to get to the “main road”. The same was when we lived in a previous place. Jānis is a good driver 🙂 very good! Never stucked in mud or snow 🙂
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I’m glad he is a good driver! We generally don’t use the metric system for anything here, we use the English system. Not many countries still use this system but Brits do still use miles and feet. And inches. 😂
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Yes, I know. But Brits understand both systems 🙂
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Mums bija briniskigi pavasari cerini Maija bija pilns darzs un pirms tam abeles are baltiem ziedien.
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O jā, līdz maijam vēl laiciņš, bet gan jau būs šogad arī plūmes – baltās ziedu kupenas un ābeles ar maigi rozā ziediņiem 🙂 Cerams tad vēl taisīšu youtube video 🙂 un varēšu nošārot.
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Thoroughly enjoyed hearing you voice on the video and seeing spring really arriving in Latvia 🙂 ! Heaps of greenery struggling to get thru’ the soil towards the sun and I DO love those clever bottles 🙂 Hope each day is a tad warmer and longer and you can start using those rather numerous seed packets on the shelf 🙂 !
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I asked for friends to give me seed packets or indoor plants as a gift for my birthday 🙂 I’m so lucky and happy to have PLENTY of seeds! I will start with the sooner exp date but I have ones, that will be good till 2030 🙂
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