TODAY in the GARDEN forum: March 2012
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| March is a transition month here in my garden , from winter to spring , sometimes all in one day . This morning I cleared one of the larger raised beds, found another half dozen praying mantis cases. This is the most I have ever found in one spring clean up inside the pickets , but last year was the weediest I have ever let the garden get. Maybe they liked all the cover? Had a small fire for all the dried stalks. Two brief thunder storms this afternoon and now the sun is shining again.  crocus Photo added 3/11 |
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 pussy-willow This morning started out frosty and then soared to 65+ Of course I was out playing in the garden . Planted a few more seeds ,did some clean up here and there. Let the barn animals out to enjoy the weather.  And then I started cleanup in the corner pole garden that will now be the fairy garden.   Cut down the blue bottle tree and made a new bush , Now there is a blue and green bottle bush . also a pot tree, that I plan to plant morning glories in and on. ... the new little fairy statue now has a home complete with pool,moss and some mushrooms |
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| I rushed out this morning to greet the beautiful sunshine and it was very cold, only 39 by noon . It however was nice inside the greenhouse , so I had a place to get warm . Took lots of photos  . The greenhouse is a work in progress, the reticulated iris are blooming out in the garden.   Crocus are showing color but not open yet, they are on the North side of the house. Daffodils have flower heads but no color yet.  Daylilies are up in the raised bed I cleared last week and need moving, most of the others are ''just ''barely above ground . |
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 The soil in the sheep tank was soft enough I could till it with a stick, Would be great if all the beds were that way   Finding more than enough lemon balm everywhere, looks like a lot of work ahead to get it contained. I think it needs to be out of the main garden ,? somewhere it can go wild and not be a problem ? Wonder if goats like lemon balm? |
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  Most of the perennial beds still look like this . I did get 5 ft. in front of the pickets cleared and all the red twig cut out . I will use the twigs , the nice red color looks good in the garden. |
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 It has been a very nice weekend to get outside, everyone enjoyed the sunshine and warm weather.  Finished the cleanup behind the shed and put the old bench back there , it isn't sturdy enough to sit on any more but may make a nice pot stand or something. Transplanted a couple plants to the fairy garden :hardy geranium (samobor) and a dusky pink columbine. Waiting for hosta to show and a few of the small ones will go there too. |
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 some salad burnet,just coming upworked in the herb bed , managed to get about 7-8 square foot cleared. This is what I am dealing with, terrible weeds with tons of roots  |
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| Inside the greenhouse the salad bowl has sprouted nicely also the feverfew tray and one bloom a single volunteer viola.    A wren has started to build a nest in an empty watering can, I only had the house open for a single day and night. I admire their work ... butt the green house gets too hot and I can not leave it open all the time. Thought about putting the can outside somewhere but I need it.  |
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 around back the crocus are blooming and the lungwort are showing signs of blooms to come. They are very fuzzy looking, I guess that is how to keep warm in this early spring weather.   |
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  The fish were liberated from the buckets in the garage into their summer homes. Broken pots have many uses , one being shelter for exposed scared fish. With the spring rains this holding tank will quickly fill up. |
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| Record high of 82 today Unseasonably warm weather predicted next 7+ days. |
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 This little tree frog is catching the first morning light , He must have been awaken by the thunderstorms last night. I heard them but we did not get much rain . The gauge showed less than a tenth of an inch. |
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| March15th I went out in the morning and the drive was red with the fallen flowers of the two maples on either side of the road    |
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   Didn't get much work done but did take a few photos this afternoon.  this is the lungwort that was just budding up on the 11th this warm weather has everything on fast forward. |
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  This wasp is very intent on getting something out of this pussy willow. Not my favorite insects , but at least this one is small and furry.  |
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| Another 80 degree day , several in a row now all record breakers. Painted a trellis for the climbing hydrangea and the top of my potting bench this morning , before it got too hot. Filled Maira's pool yesterday.   |
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   The first day of SPRING and it was 84 another record day...feel like we skipped spring and went directly to summer. |
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| Another record very warm day 86 The fat daffodils have opened  pheasant eye  juneberry  |
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 redbud bleeding heart on the east side North side bleeding heart (almost) A great day to be a worm , rained most all day,just a bit over half an inch total.The earthworms were on the move. several things blooming  popping up in clumps all over the yard mini iris Jewel baby should be open tomorrow. |
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Things in the greenhouse are still sprouting. cilantro  first true leaves on the dill. bush morning glory (happy to seed they germinated , it was old seed) more morning glories , these are the large flowered type |
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