Better late than never!

Ok, we have a few things to update, but we'll start with the garden.  The snow is finally melting!

 

And the even better part, things are growing!  Like...the garlic I planted last fall...

 

There were 2-3 cloves that were above ground.  I don't know if that was just the frost heaving them out or a critter, but they didn't seem to be munched on at all.  I poked them back in, so we'll see what happens.

 

We also have some other things popping up.  Tulips maybe?  No sign from the Crocuses yet, but hopefully soon. 

Here are some pics from the other parts of the yard.

 

 

Vegetable Garden

Butterfly Garden

 



Front Garden

Crocus Bed

 

Rear view of the house



We're late! We're late!

For a very important date! Ok, not really. But if you look at our dates from last year, we already had growth on our spring plantings by now! My only hope is that this snow now melts slow enough to stay in the ground after our very dry year last year. Fingers crossed. The weather forecast does look more promising, with nighttime temps above freezing by the end of this week (knock on wood)...

Honey

Snow, snow and more snow.

Yuck.

It's coming...

Spring that is! We had some rain yesterday (an entire day of rain without snow!) and the temps have remained above freezing for the weekend. It'll drop down again tomorrow, but we've had some snow melting. Even a small pond forming in the backyard! And by pond, of course I mean giant puddle.

This melting makes me think back to the little crocus bulbs I planted last year...I wonder how long it will be before we see their little green sprouts??

Brrr.

First week of March. 10" of snow. Sigh.

Seed order!

I ordered our seeds for this year today! As I was looking to update the blog, I couldn't help but looking at last year's planting dates and notice that our first outdoor planting was just one month from now! It seems crazy with the amount of snow we have one the ground...but hopefully this upcoming cold front is the last of the season.

More updates to come!