I can’t believe how well my garden is doing so far this Spring. We had a much warmer than usual March (that means above zero temps instead of -20 C!) and that seems to have put my garden ahead by at least two weeks.
The Crocuses are just about finished blooming in the backyard – although the ones in the shadier front lawn haven’t come up yet). The ones remaining in the back are wilted or just green leaves now. Here’s what they looked like about two weeks ago at their best:
The raised garden beds have little green patches throughout – the tulips leaves are almost fully grown, as are the hyacinth leaves. Some of the hyacinths have started to develop buds and I expect that they’ll be blooming in a few days. The Glories of the Snow are up as well and most are in bloom. Actually a lot of my spring bulbs are producing leaves or showing signs of life, the roses are starting to leaf out as well. It’s certainly nice to see all the green leaves as well as spots with pink and blue flowers.
My Danfordia irises were up and blooming last weekend, but then we let the dog out in the yard and she trampled them. 
She also ate a few of the Crocus flowers and leaves and gave us a bit of a scare late that night when she wouldn’t settle down. She kept trying to lie down in various areas of our living room but then she’d jump up again and change spots a minute later. This went on for over two hours. So for now we’re not letting her out in the yard – when she gets excited (seeing the new puppy next door) she tends to bit plants randomly … that’s not good when there are some toxic plants out there!
So far my garden beds are looking good. They still have cedar mulch on them from last year. I did however spend some time tidying them up and pulling out oh maybe 100 tiny maple trees that had started growing in the still bare spots in the raised beds. With all the rain we’ve had in the past few days I’m sure I’ll have more to pull out this weekend.
How is your garden doing this Spring? Is it a week or two ahead because of warmer temps earlier in the year or is it behind?
It’s fun, isn’t it:? When you’re able to enjoy your gardens so early and be out so often? Things look good here, too. I’m remembering our “monsoon season” last Srping. It rained so much and so often, that it was hard to get outdoors. We had a warm, beautiful day today!
It does seem this area is a bit early , rather dry tho the storm that came thru last night dumped a lot of rain in a short time. Hope this warm weather continues.
It looks like you’re an excellent gardener. You go, girl! Gardening is really fun. It’s my relief whenever I’m bored. It’s a wonderful day today!
gardening is not only fun, but practical therapy for me. especially, since where I live, the days have been unusually cold this early spring, and the last days just brought a warm breeze. i always spend time in my mom’s garden when I miss her, so I hate it when it rains and I can’t work in the garden. You have a nice blog here, I’ll be checking you some more.
It’s been kind of cool this year for us. Although it has definitely been raining more now than in recent memory, so the grass is growing strong.
There is nothing better than seeing all your hard work come to life. Sorry to hear about your danfordia irises, its hard having dogs and keeping them out of the garden. lovely pics.