It seems odd to be talking about Spring as just Thursday we saw two inches of snow on the valley floor and our temps this morning dipped to below 20 degrees.
Our Front Yard, February 24th, 2011But regardless of our temporary weather Spring has Sprung into action. I have taken my walks through the garden, checked my bulbs and dismayed at the clean-up that needs done.....I was really hoping the weather would have begun to warm a little more by now. But regardless of it I have been able to catch a few beautiful days when I wasn't at work. A month ago I go I found a beautiful Sunday and spent several hours weeding in the Memorial Garden. The weekend before last Sunday was great day for cleaning the display pond, I had intended to start it Saturday when I got home from work. However that was the day the wind kicked up and blew through the night. Was a good thing I didn't clean it just to have it full of leaves from the Patio roof, but there was a blessing in that, as now I don't have to clean the patio roof off this summer.
With Expertees closed now on Saturdays I took last weekend to do some work on the nursery area. I trimmed plants in the greenhouse and was amazed by the new growth I was seeing. Almost everything is showing The Promise of Spring, and I hope the weather this weekend doesn't set them back. While out there I also began emptying the plant ponds to ready them for the newly planted plants and cleaning fish ponds. For me as cold as it was it was a great weekend with promise for a new year.
My hope is still to open the first weekend in April, but we will have to see what the weather decides to do. There are a lot of plants to plant, and at this point I think it is in their best interest to let them be rather than start separating them before this cold snap has passed.
It's chilly out, but it is dry today, take a walk in your in your own yard and look for The Promise of Spring. Just this morning I have a lone daffodil bloom smiling at me, greeting me with The Promise of Spring.
