Spring Home & Garden 2021

Stay busy
for another
at-home
spring season
By: Tyler Meister
HHJ Staff Writer
Springtime comes with the promise of potential. It comes
in on a warm wind, cooling rains and hopeful hearts. In the
spring, we have cookouts, egg hunts and tax days (though
we don’t have to talk about that last one). But more than
that, most prevalent in the promises of spring, is that of
rebounding life.
The grass turns greens, the trees bud and flowers bloom.
Crops are planted with dreams of a bountiful harvest and
fruits begin to grow, hopefully to a bursting ripeness. Now
is a time of planting. Now is the time for gardens.
However, we also need to keep in mind the times. This
will be the world’s second spring amidst a pandemic, and
regulations and guidelines haven’t shifted too severely. The
common pillar of it all? Stay away from people. Stay six feet
apart. Don’t collect in big groups. All very good rules to
abide by in the world we live in right now.
Luckily, gardening isn’t a group project, although it
certainly can be. The green thumb’s retreat doesn’t require
a large workforce; it’s not a pastime that necessitates the use
of many hands. It simply requires one person who’s willing
to get a little dirty, who has a bit of patience and care about
them, and who has a bit of time to look after the seeds they
sow. It’s a perfect activity for someone stuck at home due to
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