Those bulbs I wasn’t sure of a few days ago? Definitely chionodoxa, aka glory-of-the-snow. Third picture shows them with snowdrops and emerging hyacinths. We’re at a very rich point in the early spring garden, when many things are blooming — the very earliest snowdrops are going over, but other varieties are still going strong.
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Took a few minutes to plant up my hanging porch planter. It’s always a little bit of a tension on when I want to start planting in it, because it does need regular watering, since it doesn’t hold so much soil (you could do succulents if you want to water a little less often), and
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. So, I indulged in a new garden tool — a cordless hedge trimmer. Now, I am having a bit of a hard time justifying the expense of this, because the truth is, I only have six boxwood shrubs to trim in my entire garden. BUT, I really really HATE trimming them by hand, I
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I swung by Home Depot (Broadview) yesterday in the hopes that they’d have things to plant, and they do! Lots of little pots of spring bulbs, which I have skipped for now, but will likely come back for next week. But I went in on some big violas, and yesterday I cleaned out some planters
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I took a few minutes to pick some more hellebore blooms today, this time for pressing. I’ll probably use these to made handmade cards — a thin layer of Mod Podge, dry pressed flowers, another layer of Mod Podge, maybe a third, and you’re all set. An easy craft to do with kids too, and
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Arya with hellebore, scilla, daffodil shoots.
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Ellie with the crocuses. She’s an old slow girl, now, but she loves going out and sniffing the air while I’m puttering in the garden.
