Oh Joyous Spring!

I was in Bloomington, Indiana yesterday in the 

more southern part of the state and was thrilled

to see all the daffodils in bloom.  I guess my daffs

loved the warm weather of the weekend because

this is what I woke up to today!  Finally ~ color~

it has been such a cold, grey winter.  By this 

evening, many of these blooms will be beside my

 bed so I can wake up and see them first thing in

the morning.

Even though it was windy and overcast today,

I was loving the warm weather so I headed out

to do some pruning.  As often happens, that lead

to other chores...

In the perennial beds I have been having

trouble with invasive grasses.  I weed a few

times a season to make the beds presentable

but that is not solving the problem.

So today I started tackling this problem.

I dig out the soil in large clumps and then

screen it, trying to get all the grasses with

their roots.

Sadly, I will lose my grape hyacinth bulbs

that have been in these beds for probably

15 years...  There are also other bulbs of

something in the onion family and they have

to go!  I do plan to replace the grape hyacinths

next fall because I love their scent!

Now back to work!