| Bear here...The snow is gone and the first flowers are coming up ready to open. Yard work time. This is when Theresa works her butt off cutting and cleaning off the old dead plants so we have room for the new ones. (Flinging off the old for the new... get it.) (Every once in a while I help.) Here are some pictures of areas in our yard and some of what we do to get ready for planting. (From yesterday and this morning.) |  Rue does spring kitty yoga in the catio. |
Planting starts early with seedlings? Go figure...
 I am sure Theresa could tell you what these are... ??? ... or, I could go read the labels. |  Basil, Wild Thyme, Japanese Parsley, Parsley, Dead Nettle and others... |
Front Yard:
 In the morning. |  In the afternoon. |
 Crocus. |  Native bloodroot. |
 Stronger support for peonies bushes, ready. |  Native hepatica. |
 The berm says "Clean me!" |  Winter critter den in the berm. |
 Old cut away, new coming through! (Yarrow) |  Nettle is edible in soups and teas. |
 Rhubarb, just starting. |  Give em a little more time and the violet leaves will make great salad filler. |
Pond Area: Fine... Theresa took the best pond area picture and here it is... |  |
 Spring cleaning in the pond area. |  See the orange cord? Time to lose the pond heater. OK, Theresa says to put it away... |
 First pond crops, moss and grass. |  Do we pull out the old or let it sit for a better microthingee? (Ask Theresa for the proper term.) |
 We created a frog home by the pond that a critter filled in with dirt. |  The back door the critter made in the frog home. |
 Top floor, feed the birds, Basement, nest the critters. |  The first of many dead twig piles made by spring cleaning. |
 Time to clean under the bird feeders. |  We will eat while you work, thanks. |
Back Yard:
 A sparrow checking out the real esate thinking "Do I want to buy or rent?" |  How to update the birdie condo (aka our supposed to be temporary brush pile that the birds took over for shelter)? |
 Remembering our past cats. |  My job is to get the wood pile ready for next winter's load of wood. |
 Bloodroot in the morning. |  Bloodroot in the afternoon. |
Shade garden area...
 Yep, more twig piles. |  One day nothing then next day... |
 | Four new stock tanks. CHECK One ton of river rock for drainage CHECK Three yards of dirt coming. CHECK Figure what plants to put in them. CHECK Get trellis supplies. CHECK Where to put it all? Ummm... CRAP... |
It's getting late (almost noon), time to get outside and do some of the work. Type at you later...
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