Veg garden will be clear soon with the strength of the sun upon it. This is yesterday's pic showing the burlap wrap around the roses just emerging.
And yesterday the entry garden looked like this. The snow will melt away very quickly now. The ravine slopes here ... that face the South ... are clearing rapidly but there is still about a foot of snow on the flats where it has not been cleared for the vehicle over winter. Overnights are hovering just below freezing overnight and a little warmer in daytime.
Beyond my disintegrating old deck, you can see that the river has opened up down at the bottom of the ravine. I awoke to that on March 30th and marked it on the calendar of course as I do every year. I can hear the sweet chattering of birds when I step outside these days and there was a mourning dove basking in the sunshine yesterday. They nest so early in the most low-sided stick nests that, when a wet snowfall comes and the tree branch is weighed down, the eggs can roll out.
Inside, the geraniums (plus basil and fritillaria plants and red hot cattail cuttings) are taking in the sunshine. Finally I have stopped taking the flower buds off the geraniums so soon there will be a red splash across this living room window ... just until it warms enough for them to go outside in the trailer in daytime (overnight in shop). Temps are not quite there yet. The fritillaria smell is unpleasant and is offered as a repellant for the diggers. Ha. Thought my friend would like it to contain her squirrels' enthusiasm for the bulbs
Sunny South facing basement sliders are bringing along lots of seedlings in the mini greenhouses, new to me this year. Warm inside, still snow outside.
And waiting, like the ones upstairs for a trip to the trailer, are the geraniums here ... and the begonias
I just finished chipping a lot of ice from the patio stones on the North side. It has been a physically demanding winter indeed. Come on spring!