Mid March

It is coming up on Mid-March and I still haven't accomplished much on my TO-DO list. Was hoping to spend time in the garden today, Sunday, since I had the whole day off. And it started to rain, nice slow, earth soaking rain. Of course, by tonight it will most likely turn to snow. But it is great to see the moisture.

Noticed that some of my spring bulbs are poking through.. it will be wonderful to see the tulips in bloom. Hope to add some more bulbs to the front yard.. I will want to mark and tag where there are bulbs now so that I can add some more this fall. It will look wonderful filling in the flower bed with tulips instead of just having a scattered amount of flowers. Put in early, mid, and late season bulbs. It all takes time. I wish I could develop a long range plan for the garden, but there are so many things I want to do, but often times run into a snag in getting them done, whether it's money or time, or the weather, or knowledge about the plant, or plant failure; it seems as though I have to revamp my plans so many times. Intention is always way better then the actual.

And now that it is March it is time to start working on things that are coming of season and not just jobs to "get-done"

ANNUALS: Seed planting. Plant outisde; Sweet pea, pansy, and snapdragon seeds FERTILIZE with slow release fertilizer.
BULBS: I brought home some spent bulbs and plan to let them go dormant and then put them in the ground so that they will come back next spring.
LAWN: Core-aerate when the ground is thawed.
PERENNIAL: Grooming can begin. Start indoor seeds (if time in the next couple of weeks).
ROSES: Prune roses. Slow release fertilize.
SHRUBS: Prune and clean up shrubs. Trim out dead and overlapping branches.
TREES: EGETABLES: VINES: WATERGARDEN: Not much happening in this arena. April will be the start of these areas.