Falling on the 15th of March, May, July and October as well as the 13th of any other month, the Ides signified the middle of the month on the Roman calendar. Today's "ide" was made famous by Shakespeare in his play, Julius Caesar, with the famous line, "Beware the ides of March," a warning that Caesar did not heed which cost him his life.
Julius Caesar was betrayed and assassinated on the Ides of March in 44B.C. by a group of Roman senators — a fact which most everyone over the age of eleven knows from their having to read Shakespeare's recounting of this in their school years.
So what does this piece of trivia have to do with a blog that (among other topics) discusses gardening? It may be a stretch, but gardeners should take a lesson from Julius Caesar's not heeding a warning. In this instance, the warning that gardeners need to heed (at least those that live in the northeast) is to not — and I mean not, give in to temptation to unwrap any plants they may have winterized, and to definitely not plant anything new, if they want a thriving garden in the spring, summer, and fall that will come in due course.
Just because spring is "officially" five days away (and the northeast groundhogs Chuck and Phil predicted an early season), does not mean that plants, trees, and shrubs are finished resting for the winter. Give them all the time they need, after all, don't you like to sleep-in on occasion?
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