May 15 carries one of spring’s most intriguing aftertones. The better-known Ice Saints may have already passed, but in many
May 14 belongs to Boniface, the last of the three best-known Ice Saints, and in the Garden Almanac it carries
May 13 belongs to Servatius, the second of the Ice Saints, and in the Garden Almanac it carries one of
May 12 marks one of the most practical caution-points in the spring almanac. With Pancras, the first of the well-known
May 11 is one of the most useful cautionary dates in the spring almanac. By this point the season can
May 10 is a perfect day in the almanac for looking upward. By now, the garden is no longer only
May 9 belongs beautifully to lilac. By this point in spring, few shrubs express the season with such clarity: not
May 8 belongs to the flowering edges of spring. It is a day for hedges in bloom, for flowering boundaries,
May 7 belongs to the side of spring that gathers at the edges: along hedges, beside gates, around doorways, and
May 6 is a richly layered spring date in the almanac because it gathers several traditions around one central truth: