springier

there is rain in the forecast later today so i decided to wander out into the yard before it started...it's looking a bit more seasonal out there...

the russian olives are budding out...

more than one crocus is up...

and there will be daffodils any moment...while i was out there i decided to do some maintenance...

i cleared last autumn's detritus that had been acting a a muclch for the berries in the south bed and the last year's escapees who are camped out along the north perimeter of it...

and dressed the escapees...

and the ones still in the bed with compost...

the ramp population...

has more than doubled in the past couple of days...

them i dressed with earthworm castings ( and i actually did have my first worm sighting of the year today...unfortunately there was no camera around...still...they are there )...finally...last year i waited ( impatiently as i recall ) for the mooseberry bush to show some sign of life since it looked like a dead stick for much of the spring, finally letting me discover leaves on the twenty-fourth of may...

this year i find green emerging from buds on the twenty-third of march and wonder if we aren't a tad too early...we will see.