Happy Earth Day!

Happy Earth Day!

It was a beautiful Spring day here today.  It was

sunny but still had a coolness to the air.  Later in

the afternoon the wind started picking up and now

at 7pm, it is getting cold even though the sun is still

up.  We may get a frost tonight so I just went out 

and covered some plants.

Here at our American Homestead, Avalon, we 

believe in making the world a more beautiful 

place and for us, we find beauty in nature.

Mr. Wonderful came home today with a 

forsythia shrub and a few knock-out roses.

I planted some lily of the valley earlier in the

day.  Planting perennials is a great way to add

to the beauty of your home, they return year

after year.

These hostas grew a few inches today.  We have

hostas all over our gardens and they all started 

from just a few plants and years of dividing them.

I got this little pussy willow start from one of

my favorite Master Gardeners.  I planted it 

last Fall and with the terrible Winter we had,

I wasn't sure if it survived.  About half of it 

broke off over the Winter and I've been 

waiting to see some sign of life from it.  And

today, on Earth Day, I saw the first new 

growth ~ it lives!