March

converting previous owner's sandtrap to a veggie garden

daffodils and hellebores

hyacinths

Several weekends ago, we began digging sand out of the bunker; today we hauled in our first 8 (well, not quiet; I used some near the patio) bags of soil and manure to fill it back up. I threw down grass seed where the former box garden was; no signs of germintation today.

I used some of that in the space between the house and the patio. We pulled up the tall evergreens that were there this winter because when even a modest amount of snow would slide off the roof, it would bend them and pull them apart: they looked terrible. This year, I am going to put some early veg in there, and in the fall we can get new, low-lying shrubs. I didn't actually HAVE lettuce seeds at home, like I thought when we were at Lowe's, so there are just some snow peas in the ground now.

We're due for another rain-snow mix tonight. I lost track of how many we've had this last three months. It'll be 70 -- or at least 60s -- for a couple of days, then we hover in the 40s with rain, then it gets just cold enough for a snow mix. Rinse and repeat and that's this winter. (video below is  March 6)