Yesterday we walked the yard and discovered lots of new life. The daffodills have poked up along with the grape hyacinths and the tulips. The lilacs and the pear trees have large, fat buds, which look ready to burst although we are several weeks away from that. In the back the dogwood faired the winter without rabbits nibbling on the bark. The trunk is getting much fatter although it's barely 6 ft tall.
Much of the edging has popped up and needs to be pounded down, but that is understandable from the frost heave we've had. The bushes along the north of the deck seemed to have survived. The one we moved to the south side of the house had tipped over. If it doesn't survive, it won't be that big of a loss.
After such a long hard winter, it was so wonderful to walk around and see all of our wonderful plants.
We have some pruning to do on the big trees in the front and we need to make a determination about when to prune back the butter fly bush. Work has begun.
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