Spring in my yard

Remember back in early March when I first cleaned up my front yard? I promised that snipping off all the blossoms would produce vigorous growth in April?

Well it did - the front yard is pretty colorful and vibrant with new growth. I top dressed the entire bed with my homemade compost (more on that in another post) and I think it really helped the fertility of the bed.

 My hellebores are almost on their way out - they've been blooming since February. I cannot stress enough how great this plant is for shade and early spring!

I found these pansies at Costco - you know how they get the most random plants? I have never seen ruffle edged pansies. I impulsively bought them and plan on using them in my front flower porch planters - don't worry, I have a plan for them.

Two more blueberry bushes - I pulled these out of my strawberry bed. I had this brilliant idea to plant blueberries along with strawberries a few years ago. The strawberries have flourished, but the blueberries got choked out. Now to find a suitable location for these two plants in my tiny yard! Until then, they have a home in this cardboard box.

The light box is fixed and the tomato and pepper seedlings have been transplanted. I have a seed heat mat underneath all of these. So far, they seem pretty happy.

We're trying a little experiment. We have way too many seedlings and not enough light from the light box. So we're putting a flat of seedlings next to the south facing window and we are going to see which grows the best.

My little ones have woken up for the morning so my day begins. This week promises no or little rain and lots of sun in the Pac NW and I am so looking forward to this - we hope to put row covers over the broccoli this week. Vegetable garden pictures soon!

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