Resurrecting

It's been a long time since I was by here, and a very long winter!

It's the very end of March, almost April, and we're still suffering with snow and very cold temps. Just a few weeks ago we were still having some subzero and last week we got a few 8" - 10" dumps of snow. The rest of the world is celebrating Easter and delighting in their daffodils, and we are a frozen tundra.

The yard is not totally without signs of life, however. During the day we're getting some thaws now though, and I have been checking things out.

The hyacinths by the laundry window are in one of the warmest parts of the yard and they are almost always the first to come up. And they have - solid ground but their little green points are just breaking the surface.

Today I saw the first shoots of the candy cane tulips out front poke through too, although when I went to brush some dead leaves off I noticed they were frozen solid, poor things!

The rose bushes almost all look like they have come through winter OK! The only one I am worried about is the Morden Sunrise - pity as it is my favorite. The others all show good green and red canes near the base with life in them.

My beloved blueberries, too, have made it, at least so far. The canes have new green life and new shoots already in the snow. New weeds in the bed too already - amazing.

I noticed tiny hardy fronds of sprouting camomile taking up on the South side this morning during my walk around so that will come back strong having reseeded itself, I see.

I have a lot of winter pruning and cutback to do, especially in the perennial garden and veggie garden. I need to plot out the girls new veggie bed, and I need to do something new and dig up and divide the salvia this year as soon as the grund thaws a bit. Then there's that shade garden that never got going last year...