Delightful Day in the Early Spring Garden

My gloves and tools are drying out

before I put them away.

It was great to be out in the early spring garden

this year. Last year at this time I had a broken leg!

I started to work on clearing out the old Lily of the Valley leaves

before the new ones formed. I worked under the birch tree 

with my winter coat on.

As I moved down the hillside garden bed, I uncovered 

some Lamb's Ear. I remember reading during the toilet paper crisis

that this plant has been used as toilet paper through history.

Click here to read about the 7 plants used as toilet paper.

It got warmer but the breeze was chilly. I moved under the deck

to neaten up the patio beds, but kept my winter coat on.

The pattern of light from the Trex deck above is interesting

when there are no plants growing to distract the eye.

I did find a little bit of Pulmonaria or Lungwort growing

very slowly and not too hardy. It used to be a large clump!

But the white Violet has no problems growing in that same bed!

It looks lovely now, but I'll pull it out all summer to keep it 

under control. The wonders of gardening: too cool or too hot; 

too much or too little; weed or wanted?