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Yesterday while I was spreading Pine Straw in the back, my little girl decorated her snowman....
He sort of sums up the season, don't you think? Its still chilly, but there are signs of spring scattered about all on a bed of fresh pine straw ;)
It has been a while since I have been out in the garden...it has been SO cold, but it is beginning to warm up and I am excited!
Never underestimate the joy of a power tool! Especially, a cordless lithium ion variety! Every February I struggle with the task of cutting back all of my ornamental grasses. I have close to 20 in my garden and they are wonderfully low maintenance, except for in February when they all need their crew-cuts. I have tried various methods over the years: Weed-eater with gator attachment, Scissors, Chainsaws, Saws-Alls and finally…A hedge Trimmer! I have found that to be the best method, but I didn’t have one, so each year I was on a quest to borrow one or use a combination of the above mentioned list to accomplish the task. Well, this year I bought my own hedge trimmer and I could not be happier!
This handy little guy helped me get so much done in one day! I cut back the grasses, trimmed the abelias and cut back the camellia…
all with a great deal of speed and ease – woo hooooo! I even had some time to put down some fresh straw:
While working in the yard and taking advantage of some
beautiful weather – I took notice of some early signs of spring:
The Petasites is popping up:
Looking forward to those daffs:
The promise of a peonie:
The "fall" garden I planted last year is now growing! HAH! Guess it will be an early spring garden...
We get a glimpse of spring every February, but can always
count on it getting cold again…so while I had a bit of spring fever, I headed
over to the nursery to take a look-see and of course, I can never leave empty
handed, so I came home with a beautiful “New Dawn” rose. I will put it at the
back fence to peek through the loropetalums that I put in last year. I also hope to put down pine straw in the back this weekend....
Happy Gardening!
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