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The chives might be starting to make an appearance

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Chives and Daffodils 3

I’m starting to get tired of posting photos of previous seasons flowers. I want to post this years flowers. Too bad there’s none up yet!

On a positive note it’s been warming up here slightly and the snow is slowly receding. I think it will take another week before it’s mostly gone, but the end is in site. Well .. provided we don’t get anymore snow, that is!

The area where we grow our chives is in one of the sunniest spots in our garden and the snow melted away from that area as much as two weeks ago. I’ve been out in the yard with our puppy and I do believe there might be some signs of life on the Chive front.

Our crocus are planted in the lawn, often close to the garden beds, and some of the grassy areas near the house are bare now as well so I expect the crocus’ will begin showing up soon as well. Most years they are beginning to bloom by March 25th or so, but I think that it will take until next weekend before they make an appearance.

Even though I’ve spent the last couple months complaining about all the snow I do think there will be some benefits. The garden hasn’t ever had this much snow cover since we started it and I’m sure the plants ended up being well protected from the harsh cold of winter thanks to the deep snow. I’ll bet our plants do better than ever this season!

How are your gardens progressing?

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It’s a cold spring so far

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Aquilegia

Well so much for the first week of Spring, huh? It’s been cold and it’s getting colder! We actually turned our furnace up half a degree yesterday because the house was just too cold.

I’m dying to see my garden beds again. So far the snows melted off a bit near the house and I can see a portion of my smallest garden bed. Of course it’s so cold that there’s no signs of life there yet.

I guess it will take until Mid May or even early June before I see a scene in my garden like the one above. That’s Columbine growing behind one of my hostas. It almost looks like the flower belongs to the Hosta doesn’t it?

As you wait for your garden to wake up what plants are you most eager to see growing? Are you planning on adding any new plants?

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Moving your blog to it’s own domain? Get a good web host

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Many of the people visiting this site are not only gardeners and gardener wannabe’s, but also website owners. Some of you might blog on free platforms like bloggers, however eventually, many website owners move their sites to their own domains where they will be able to have more control over the look and function of their site.

Unfortunately, when you decide to take that big step and purchase a domain you also need to find a reputable web hosting company. If you don’t know someone with a lot of experience in such matters you might find it difficult to find the perfect web host and get started.

Luckily for any of you who might be thinking of starting a gardening blog or some other type of website, whether personal or commercial, Kaushal Sheth has taken the time to write an article listing what he feels is possibly the best web hosting company to put your trust in.

Now some of you might remember that I had major web hosting problems last year. Not only did I lose my host and had to scramble to get a new one, but it happened to me twice! This was because my sites were apparently using too much of the web hosting servers memory (CPU usage). Heavy plugins used on sites and other scripts can cause major problems with web hosts.

In his article, Kaushal discusses what he feels are his top three favorite web hosts. He explains why he moved his website to the first host on his list.

Of the three web hosting companies that he lists – Host Monster, Host Gator and Yahoo Host, I’ve only tried Host Gator. In fact they are my current web hosting company. I’ve been using them since July of 2007 and I haven’t had one single problem. Believe me that’s a huge relief after all the trouble I went through with two different hosts between February and early July last year!

If you’ve been looking for a good web host or know of another good one to add to his list why don’t you drop by and say hello to Kaushal and read his article? Oh and if you happen to be a blogger take a look at his theme and template sections. He’s got some great template listings.

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