Preparing For Spring...

Last week we had 3 consecutive days with temperatures close to 80 degrees.

Under those circumstances, needing to be in the gardens, is a feeling that cannot be controlled...

The calendar says it's way to early to begin but everything outside is starting to bud

and the joy of gardening pulls me outside. 

I do the easy stuff, whatever can be done sitting on one's rump.

I prune, I weed and I "fluff up" last years mulch,

what's left of it anyway.

And on a side note, where does all that mulch go? We have an acre of land, way too many gardens,

but truckloads of mulch come in the Spring, it is beautifully placed among the landscape,

then by the following Spring, it is just about gone.

Where it goes, 
has always been a mystery to me.

This was "my" garden to work on.

The blank area in the front has maybe 8 daylilies that line the path.

They are just starting to pop out of the earth.

At the end of that garden, is my Rock Garden.

I started this project in 2010 during a trip to Cape May.

Every time I go somewhere special, I pick up a rock for my garden.

I generally forget but when I remember,

I bring the rock home, write where it came from and the date, usually on the bottom.

Then I use decoupage to seal it before adding it to the garden.


I went back outside this morning, to show you just how big the daylilies have gotten.


The Easter Flag is up...


the bunnies and Spring Wreath are in place...

the birds have already found it and started a nest.


Welcome

The yard looks beautiful...
leaves and sticks have been raked and cleaned up. 
All the weeding is done, the gardens are spruced up and Spring bulbs are popping up everywhere.
These are wonderful little surprises for me,
as the hubs plants them in the fall, so I don't really know what's coming,
or where they will pop through the earth.

I should have taken pictures before we started.
We had help, the hubs has a friend that comes and for just a few bucks,
helps us clean the place up.
All the gardens are now cleaned and weeded, and everything that needed pruning is pruned!
The yard is looking pretty darn amazing!!