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We worked hard today and this is as far as we got.

Another angle.

Sandy and Copper, the neighbor's dog inspecting.

This was all done in two days, me and a couple country guys.

You all have a Happy Easter and happy gardening. Bill Mitchell

I wish all my friends here at Garden Guides a very HAPPY EASTER and have a great day.

Your friend, Bill Mitchell

Five shipments came yesterday from the winter ordering. There is another ten shipments due in the next two weeks. I've been a busy boy. I am starting another rock garden /  terrace garden combo. I got the landscape clothe down this morning. I bought sixteen bags of cheap top soil that I will enrich with rotted manure compost.

I had my inspectors check it  out and give their  AOK.

I took a picture of my other almost brand new rock garden. Things are showing and I am filling in the spaces with the new shipments as they arrive.

The Almond bush is full of buds getting ready to bust into bloom in the next few days.

And last but not least, the boxwood is going to try to out do itself with new growth this year.

I don't want to bore everyone with too many pictures, but there is so much going on in my garden, and I am so sore from trying to bend over. I think I need one of those epson salt baths.

Finding food in the snow is hard work for the birds. We didn't get 12 + inches like they did in Louisville, but we did get 2 to 3 inches here in Jabez through the night. I keep fifteen feeders full year round. I filled them last night and by 10:00 am, they were about empty. The last one with any food is next to the door where the cats go out. The birds are more cautious. Here are a couple of pictures I took through the storm door.

We are forecasted to receive 6 inches of snow and ice mix tomorrow and Saturday. It's almost 60 deg now. I wont be working in the garden for several days. I will be building another computer for my neighbor and his girl friend. Computer building is another love of mine. So it will still be another joyful weekend. 

Y'all have a great day and happy gardening. The Hillbilly

Being from KENTUCKY, these things are us.


Possums sleep in the middle of the road with their feet in the air.

There are 5,000 types of snakes on earth and 4,998 live in Kentucky

There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 live in Kentucky plus a couple
no one's seen before.

If it grows, it sticks; if it crawls, it bites.

Onced and Twiced are words.

It is not a shopping cart; it is a buggy.

People actually grow and eat okra.

'Fixinto' is one word. (getting ready to)

There is no such thing as 'lunch.' There is dinner and then there is
supper.

Iced tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you're
two. We do like a little tea with our sugar!

Backards and forwards means 'I know everything about you.'

DJeet? is actually a phrase meaning 'Did you eat?'

You don't have to wear a watch because it doesn't matter what time it is.
You work until you're done or it's too dark to see.

You don't PUSH buttons, you MASH them.

You measure distance in minutes.

You've ever had to switch from 'heat' to 'A/C' in the same day.

'Fix' is a verb. Example: 'I'm fixinto go to the store.'

All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable,
grain, insect or animal.

You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both
unlocked.

You know what a 'DAWG' is.

You carry jumper cables in your car . . . for your OWN car.

There are only own four spices: salt, pepper, Tabasco and ketchup.

The local papers cover national and international news on one page, but
require 6 pages for local gossip and sports.

The first day of deer season is an offical state holiday.

100 degrees Fahrenheit 'a little warm.'
We have four seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, still Summer and Christmas.

Going to Wal-mart is a favorite past time known as 'goin' Wal-martin' or off
to 'Wally World.'

A cold snap (below 70 degrees) is good pinto-bean weather.

A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola or pop . . . it's a Coke,
regardless of brand or flavor. Example: 'What kinda coke you want?'

Fried catfish is the other white meat.

We don't need no stinking driver's ed . . . if our mama says we can drive,
we can drive.

If you understand these statements please forward them to your friends from
Kentucky (and those who just wish they were).

EVERYONE can't be a Kentuckian; it takes talent. You might say it's an art
form or a gift from God!

You'ens have a great day and come on back ta see us, we're just down yonder.The hillbilly

This daffodil bloomed this morning, but before I could get out to take it's picture, the clouds opened up and dropped buckets of rain on us again. That knocked the flower down a bit, but this picture is now part of this springs history.

It was an exceptionally warm day, got near 70 deg. I removed the protective covering of leaves from several areas of the garden, exposing new growth everywhere. The seeds in the cold frame haven't germinated yet. I know some will and I'll be scratching my head wondering where to put it all. At the end of March, I have tons of plants that I ordered this winter being shipped. They will probably all come on the same day. That's my luck. I've been on this computer, replying to blogs and sending PM's and it's 2:00 am. I just looked over at the last group of blooms on the amaryllis and I had to share this stunning beauty.

Hope you enjoy it. The Hillbilly

Some pictures I took while in southeastern Conn.

Second Penny Inn - Stonington

The lighthouse - Stonington

S
unset on the harbor - Stonington

H
illbilly at Mystic Sea Port

Tall ship at Mystic Sea Port

Nathan Hale's family homestead

Th
e vegie garden behind the Hale homestead

Hop
e you enjoy these. Your friend, Hillbilly