Crocus

Two crocus blooms have opened up in the warm garden against the house. I had washed the sand and winter dirt off and raked debris out of the garden on the weekend. The other side of the driveway still has a four-foot deep bank of snow on it.

There was so much dirt used on the roads this winter (and thrown on the sidewalk and yards by the plows) that my yard will have raised almost a quarter-inch near the road. Once all the snow melts i'll try to wash it off the plants. Over the years it's raised the yard well above the sidewalk as the grass just keeps persisting through the sand so my plan is to remove the grass along the sidewalk (maybe for the entire part of the yard) and plant gardens. They don't mind the sand at all.

The First Week of April

One part of my yard, along the driveway and against the house, is free of snow. The crocus are showing little tips of shoots and spring is looking promising after a long winter.

The other side of the driveway still has a 4ft thick bed of snow and ice.

Ahh spring.