This is Weed and this is Wack with WOWDY Gardens, and today we’re going to talk about ground hogs and ground hog day. Take it away, weed. Right. I was interested in how this tradition started, and you know, I just wanted those things. I don’t think anyone really knows other than probably goes back to pagan and Celtic traditions that were carried on, and like many traditions just adopted in the modern, like many old traditions that were
based around agricultural societies just were adopted by us, and we’re happy to have them because it’s a joyful celebration. It’s celebrating the coming of planting your seeds. That’s right. We love to throw a party, so this is another excuse to throw a party. Right. What’s your prediction on ground hog day? My prediction is that it was not going to see a shadow, and we’re going to expect an early spring. Really early? I’m hoping for the opposite. I love snow. I love skiing and all that kind of stuff, and I love looking out at my beds covered in snow right now, and the little tiny garlic sprouts, just little heads above, and I can see my, anyway, I like the snow. So I’m hoping for the opposite. Yeah. Well, tell me what a ground hog day means to you as a gardener. Ground hog day to me means it’s time to think about cleaning out my trays and getting my seeds in order, figuring out exactly what seeds I’m going to use for my garden this year, and getting some in the mail if I don’t have what I need. Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah, I used to love, but I like to save all my seeds. Right. This time of year reminds me of us getting my seed catalogs, and I can spend hours. That’s right. We can spend too much money on those seed catalogs as well. That’s why we really advocate for you to save your seeds from all the things that you grow. Right. Right.
It is. Even though online uses energy. So what’s your favorite gopher movie? Well, I’m kind of partial to Ground Hog Day. We part ways on this one again. In yours is. I’m a caddy check person. I thought that was the most hysterical movie. It was a robotic animated gopher. Right.
And Chevy Chase. And, you know, I think gophers should win in the long run. Myself, you know, they have a rough time at it these days. Everyone’s after them. They’re formidable creatures, though. I did work on a farm. They do dig holes in the fields, and they can hurt a dog in a fight. They’re strong. Yeah. And I can see why some people don’t want them in their fields, but I like
Gophers. For sure. I imagine they could break some of the damage. Yeah. Bringing the gophers back. Do some serious damage to the farming. I think they also, some people call them ground beavers as well, I’ve heard. Ground hogs. Ground beavers. Ground beavers. Yeah. Yeah. Different than a badger. Right. Right. But I can’t remember what family, and all I think is a wonderful holiday. I think it’s great that people celebrate the midwinter and looking forward
to spring. Okay. Happy, happy time. All right, folks. So get ready to check out whether that ground hog sees its shadow or not. And I say keep that Parker out. You’ll need it all. You’ll need it well into April this year. When we tend not to have really cold winters, we tend to have prolonged winters. Right. Cool, prolonged seasons. It was nice to see our first snow in a long time. I must say I’ve enjoyed that. Well, this, this is a
weed signing off and enjoy ground hog day. And it’s whack signing off. We’ll see you next week. Take care. We’ll be back.