It's official....Spring has arrived. Not only on the calendar and the weather channel but in my backyard. Nothing says Spring like Hostas popping up in your garden. I LOVE when their little heads appear out of the cold, sleepy ground. I always have to make up for my slack in yard work during the end of Fall come March and April. Especially this year, as I raked and cut old dead flowers I thought about all that went on last Fall. I got so big at the end of summer and couldn't bend over to do the work but I did enjoy the fruits of my "smaller" labor as the flowers bloomed beautifully well into the Fall.
These black eyed Susans were just delightful last summer. But I had written down in my new garden journal (thanks mom) that I HAD to split them in the Spring or they would overtake that garden. Here they are coming up now...I am thankful for my mother who helped me make a map of everything from pictures we took last Fall, otherwise I would have had no idea what these were!
One of my favorites is the iris. They have multiplied this year and I can't wait for them to bloom. I got brave and moved a bunch of smaller ones to a new bed I made at the end of the summer. I do hope they will bloom still.
For the most part the beds are ready and the flowers are coming whether Spring weather is officially arrived or not. It rained today and I know the fat worms I saw while working in the dirt were as excited as I was in anticipation of my colorful blessings coming back to life.
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My tulips are up ! One has bloomed, but won't be long before the others are too. I trimmed my butterfly bush & pompas grass this past weekend. It looks all tidy now.
Show me your gardening journal!!
That's a great idea. I remember your mom talking about it at the MOPS talk she did, but I didn't do it. When I move things around, I tend to forget what the new little "weeds" are. I've learned not to pull them out until they surely are weeds...
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