Spring Garden

Today was another B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L day and my husband and I were busy working in the yard. 

We finished the stone work and the garden is done!

I am so excited to see everything grow!

Is spring here to stay?

With the weather we have been getting-nice and warm spring like weather to snow overnight- I wasn't sure if I should trust that winter is finally over.  I still have my snow brush in my car.  I feel like if I take it out I might jinx the nice (albeit windy) weather we have had lately so in the backseat it stays! 

Spring is my least favorite season for a few reasons.
1) Spring changes to winter, then back to spring, then winter....over and over and over.  I hate it.  We don't get spring here like they do in southern parts of the province.
2) Even if the weather is nice during the day, there is always a chance of frost overnight.  I have been told over and over that gardeners shouldn't plant anything until after the full moon in June. 
3) Spring is so dirty.  Grass is still yellowish, yards aren't quite cleaned up from 7 months of winter and snow, and people aren't planting anything yet.

Well the sun was shining, it was Saturday, and my husband was out of town.  I decided that I would buy flowers, bricks, and soil to plant the small flower garden in front of my house that I could finally build this year (last year we were still putting up siding/bricks and building decks), and cross my fingers that we don't get frost!

I needed approximately 75 of these bricks to build the small garden in front of my house.  I helped the guy at the store load them and then had to unload them at home.  No gym for me today!

I also bought flowers to plant some pots for my two decks.

My mom helped figure out which plants to buy and where to place them.

Last summer I made rhubarb leaf stepping stones and they look great in amongst my flowers.

Now I just have to wait for the rose bush and everything else to spread out, fill in, and finish the brick work. I'll post more pictures when that happens!