hey sara.. he marches to his own drummer ... unfortunately no one else hears the drummer.. and wonders what the heck he is doing in his yard .. lol ... with all that stomping around ... post where you want dude.. i dont care ... ken https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0dWo31hwpI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLJ8ILIE780

I couldn't add my list to the original post, it was too long, so here goes again. ;) Autumn Frost Blue Vision Minnesota Wild Goodness Gracious Great Escape Gone with the Wind Golden Meadow Sutter's Mill Magic Island Midas Touch Fat Cat Fragrant Dream Hadspen Blue Invincible Irish Luck Krossa Regal Lakeside Coal Miner Liberty Reptilian Sweet Sunshine Wolverine

Wow Happy Easter everyone. Jackie your entire garden is magnificent. Your plants all look like they are a happy family and love each other. Ingrid your garden is glorious also and beautiful in every way. I just LOVE seeing these larger area shots where I can get an idea of how all the plants look together. Thank you for sharing.

Mxk3 - What part of the country are you in? What zone? Did you purchase mason bees somewhere? And have you done that before? I’m curious when you release them and do you attempt to provide habitat for them? Sam - Do you get snow and freezes all the way through April? Schoolhouse - I don’t have that particular weed, but I see others here that I seem to be getting more of every year. I love peonies but I don’t grow them. I had one for about 4 years and then I gave it away. It never failed to come into bloom right before a heavy rain and drop all it's petals. I barely had a bloom for 5 days. If you have a whole row of them it must be a sight to see! And you must have blooms to bring in the house. Sounds wonderful! Dee - We’ve had that happen, where a branch breaks but doesn’t fall out of the tree. [g] Glad yours finally came down safely. We have had a lot more wind than usual here. From the sounds of it, you are ahead of me with what is already growing. We had a forsythia that spread out so much we took it out. It ended up in more shade than it needed and didn’t bloom well by that time. Now I enjoy it in my neighbor’s yard. [g] And yes, looking around at everything that needs to be done….overwhelming. I’m trying to put blinders on and focus on the next step and ignore the rest. Deanna - I think there are Crocus varieties that are earlier than others. I’ve stopped adding crocus, because some critter keeps eating them. I went on a buying spree one fall and had many new varieties of crocus, including that ‘King of the Stripes’ that I like so much then after one spring of really enjoying them, they disappeared by the next year. It’s so odd that the area where I have the vinca planted under my front Maple was the only place that I didn’t lose any. And that is the oldest planting I have and it keeps coming back every year. I have to think it’s because of the vinca. Luckily it has ‘Jeanne d’Arc’ which is the very large white that I enjoy and a few others that do spread seed quite a distance, so I get a lot of surprises when they come up in other areas. But I think I’m down to about 4 different varieties and the rest are history. I comforted myself by buying more hyacinths and snowdrops and miniature daffodils that the critters don’t seem to bother. I have basal foliage for Oriental Poppies. They are so fresh so early and are not bothered by a late cold spell or more snow. Functionthenlook - I haven’t started cleaning up yet, but I can see some growth at the base of Chrysanthemums and Daylilies. Yes, the muscles are complaining at me just from a little pruning and I haven’t started doing anything difficult yet. [g]