Moss Terrariums

I have been making moss terrariums since the snow has allowed me to get some moss. They are really fun to watch come to life.

Sedums Starting to Awaken

Sedums are some of my favorite plants, good old Live Forever is still one of my favorite perennials, the butterflys and bees on it in the fall are always a favorite sight of mine. I took this pictures on Sunday, the plants are starting to come alive again.

Gloomy Monday

I have to tell you this gray cold damp weather is starting to get to me, I need SUN! My Clivia is still blooming which always cheers me up, the white flower is a winter jasmine, it is very fragrant and usually has many more blooms on it that it does this year. I think I will transplant it when it is done blooming.

Sunday Gray Sunday

I am starting to wonder if spring will ever really get here, it was a cold miserable weekend! Yesterday was not so cold but gray and gloomy. I did manage to get some raking done, my lawn chairs out and cleaned, and I was able to trim the Cavalier's, I like to do that outside as it is messy. Plus it gives the birds nest building material. Today it was gray, gloomy and cold, the wind switched around to the North. I planted some peony poppy seeds, froze my hands while planting. The rest of the day was spent inside cooking and making candles not an altogether bad day but I would rather have been outside.

Happy Easter!

Thursday

I posted these pictures last summer but still look at them frequently, I was so excited to actually hatch a black swallowtail butterfly! I hope to do the same this year. I want to give my daughter in law one for her kindergarten classroom.

I just placed a plant order with Bluestone perennials. I ordered Salvia, coral bells, veronica, dianthus, columbine, foxglove, and more that I can't remember right now. It was great fun.

It feels a bit more like spring, I am taking tomorrow off so will have a three day weekend. I have plans to make candles in the morning, then work outside getting some raking done and general clean-up done after it warms up a bit.

Shades of Cosmos

Most of the snow is now gone, thankfully, I am so eager for spring to get here, is it ever gonna happen?

Cosmos are among my favorite annuals, along with Cleome, they have to rank right up there at the top. I know for years gardening snobs would not even plant annuals, I have always planted them, nothing snobbish about me :). Ones that self sow are especially welcome, which comos and cleome both do.