Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Four Days Until Vernal Equinox

It has been raining today. Yesterday Frank burned some brush behind the house and I did my first gardening chore of the season: I cut back the ornamental grasses in the back and side of the house. I can't cut back the one in the St. Francis Garden yet because it is still buried in the snow. 

A bright note: the amaryllis I've been nurturing since last year is blooming. It has two flower stalks. The flowers do have a slight sweet scent.
St. Francis today March 16th. More snow has melted after the rain today. On the right under the forsythia bush one of the hellebores (Lenten Rose) is starting to push up buds out of the ground  (the green leaves are actually last year's growth). 
Weather forecast is for sun and temps possibly reaching 60 tomorrow!

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