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Well today before this ear ache got to be to much for me I managed to weed around the tulips. It doesn't look like they appreciated it. Or it may just be that it got way to hot by afternoon. Because they were all leaning over. I'll cross my fingers that they will come back and I will get blooms this year. I didn't get any last year but then I had treated them very badly so I can't really blame them.

Hey Tammy,

Very good topic! :)

Well let's see. Did a little deadheading on some of my kalanchoes, bleeding heart and a few bromeliad bracts. Witnessed new growth in many pots in my garden today. And of course, gave all my plants a good drink of water. :)

I brought the new gnome outside and am still scoping a new home for him; took some pictures to cheer Bill up, god knows he's been stressed out lately and needs to be cheered up ;)...

James, it's not a gnome--it's a Willy! A Wild Willy! ;) What does your Willy look like?

I got some stuff done outside today, I put out a few of my yard decorations--I seriously have probably close to 100 things to put out. Statues, spinners, etc.

I did a bit of weeding in the bed near the pathway, and I moved the rest of the mosquito fish out to the pond.

Everyday now I walk around and check out the plants popping back to life.....sedums, Hollyhocks, hostas, etc. And I check on the bulb progress.

Filled the feeders and washed out the birdbath too!

Oh baby, she wants to see my willy... ;)...

I'll show some pictures of my friend the gnome when i get them off the cam ;).. He's got to have a name afterall!

all willys are named willy!

i started to weed but got rained in! i also like to walk around to see whats all comming up, yea! spring!

I watered my pepper and eggplant pots under lights, and my broccoli and cabbage plants outdoors and the newly planted seedbeds.
I set out my big early tomato plants for 6 hours to continue hardening them off. Then I finished pruning my apple trees, and pruned my grapes this afternoon. I also took a tour of my daffodil beds.

My nieces fav. Willy is the butt mooning Willy Bill sent us.....she laughs and laughs...and the other day she set him a different way and said look he's using the bathroom.

Gotta love kids eh?

I did some light weeding and then transplanted some of my gazillion phlox and bee balm seedlings. Oh, and I glared at my very leggy tomatoes. Bad tomatoes! Put on leaves!

I watched the snow fall. But I cleaned out my fridge and made it to my composter with lots of goodies. And I also watered all the plants growing under lights. I can't wait 'til there is no more snow.

Had pink snow here ;)... The blossoms are coming off of the cherry trees ;)

nothing today cuz it's cold & rainy :) But the other day i cleaned out the flower bed and raked around my daffodil's and just picked up the yard

Did you get a picture of that????
I'll bet it was beautiful!!!!

Yesterday I planted 6 dahlias, and moved 4 elephant ear bulbs, today I'll plant 2 0r 3 more dahlia but I have to prepare the area first~ that takes the longest and hardest of the work, but I'll Git'er done I'm also going to place more willy's outside!!

Your making me jealous, I still have a few feet of snow covering everything, it's snowing again at the moment as well.

Tamara I can plant a dahlia in your name if you want!!

Make one in my name too, will ya????????

Okay Weezie You want want white, purple, yellow, orange or white dahlia in your name????!!! Will plant in your name !!

PURPLE!!!

You got it Weezie~ Purple it is~~~!!!

ok it actually cleared off a bit and i had some free Daylily bulbs given to me so i threw them in the ground

i figure even if they don't do anything they were free so i couldn't pass them up

i can't wait to show everybody pics of what i did over the weekend. i took 6 days off and FINALLY put in my small waterfall and stream to the pond from last year....then, i bought another pond! that makes 3 so far! i still have to get more dirt, and then put in plants, but it is on the way! i will see if i can get them loaded for ya!

wow fairywatcher that sounds fantastic. Can't wait to see pictures.

Today so far I went out and saw that I had one tulip bloom. That is so cool. And the white Hycinth is almost ready to bloom it's separated all it's little flower parts so tomorrow I think I'll see the bloom woohoo.

Oohhhhhhh, I'll be waitin', Faerywatcher...
That sounds like a fun project!
Can not wait!!!

I dug in lots of compost so I could plant my cukes and cantaloupes. Finished planting tomatoes. Then I weeded my flowerbeds so I could finish putting out fresh mulch. Got lots of blooms--really need to get pics to post--they are looking sooo gooood! LOVE spring :)

Yeah, mine is just still mushy,
the ground all the way around the raised beds,
can't even walk there..

And I can't even think of seeds here yet
in the greenhouse, night temps are still in the 30*'s..

Tooooooo much work to finish up inside yet...

You know, I love spring too, I just wish it was about 3 months longer, so I can get all of my work done.. *rolls eyes' and winks*

Well, look on the bright side. When y'all finally get your spring, I'll probably be doing a slow roast outside :( When it gets to the 95 to 100 degree mark and the humidity is so thick we could cut it with a knife, I have to get out to work in my garden by 5:30 to 6 a.m.! I don't even enjoy getting out on the riding mower to cut the grass anymore when it's that hot!

me too penny! im itchin to plant!
i weeded my rose bed outch! got jiged a few times,
worked more on the brug bed, bb supervied me! lol, she's getting bossy in her 4 year old year! :)

I planted deep pink azaleas and spread bark chips in the flower beds. It's warm and sunny today !

i looked @ my daffodil's hoping they would magically sprout flowers in front of my eyes i'm not a patient person but i see them growing more and more everyday otherwise most everything else is ready to have stuff planted just has to warm up a bit ~

I took junk off the grape arbor......It didnt bear last year.
Is is too old at about 40?

yesterday me bb and the boys made the brug bed bigger,
not so much done so far today its raining :( raing :( and raining:) but that will help settle the brug bed back in, just wish it would only rain on the days when im at work, lol wishful thinking lol

Ha ha

I got stuck in the mud........Rain rain rain

It is rainin' here today, and it's cold...
*Well, not winter cold, but that cold, drizzly kinda day..
You just wanna eat hot soup and hot cocoa and make chili for dinner type weather..*
So, nothing for me today..

HI all...would love to have your rain...we are having snow today.
Talk about a cup of hot cocoa and some hot soup for supper.

It's nice to read of all the plants going in your gardens already. I won't even think of that till about the middle of May, maybe even early June around here.

Rosepetal,
All of my seeds are still in their packages..

I am right there with ya on this one..

Love to follow other's progress,
but I am still to cold and soggy here..

Sooooooooooooon though...

I had some Fresh Lettuce, Spinach, and Green Onions in my salad last night. I have my second bunch of Asparagus ready to go. I planted Corn, Green beans and my herbs yesterday, and got the Strawberry Bed ready. My Squash is producing, and my Mustard Greens are ready for picking.

I just hope we don't get another frost.

Yes, this is a really good topic. It's hard for me to fathom that some people still have snow on the ground. We had to mow the yard today for the first time this season. I sprayed my peonies that are up from 2 to 10 inches tall with Bourdeax powder. I finally was successful after three different sprayers over the years getting clogged up. I asked a horicultural friend of mine how to prevent the clogging problem. Her idea really worked. Mixed the powder into rather warm water, let it cool down, shook it up and put in 1 "squirt" of diswashing soap to act a binder and to prevent the powder from clogging. It worked. Hope it works good to prevent the "blight" on my peonies. Does anyone have any experience with this theory?
thanks.

I planted 3 summer squash seedlings that out grew their starting pots and planted 3 more dahlia's

i agree with quiltingmom, NO MORE SNOW....for anyone! gee, i hope that works! every morning, i go out to see what has popped up since the day before. i love seeing everything waking up!