Veteran farmers and gardeners long knew it was time to plant sensitive crops around Memorial Day. That traditional belief no longer holds. With a warming climate, mid-May has become the new planting time.This week, as scarlet tanagers arrived to sing their hearts out, strawberry, wisteria and lilac blossoms burst open. While confined like everyone else, I’ve been trying to learn everything that’s edible in my backyard.It turns out that lilacs can make a […]