Promising Greenery

I feel like such a wuss. A couple weeks of nice weather and suddenly 55 degrees feels cold again. The plants don’t mind. There’s bleeding heart coming up, even though I moved them. There’s tulips holding their colors in reserve. There’s hosta, too.

Why you should leave leaf litter on the ground

The flowers look amazing right now, but the really amazing awakening is what you hear at night.

Is it really only April?

It’s been really hard to restrain myself from telling you about the garden this week. I planted raspberries and blueberries and lilies.
The first tulips are flowering.

Spring countdown

The garden countdown to real spring continues. There’s…

…one, two, three–many daffodils…

…two orchids…
And…um