Spring at Winifred Manor!

The official first day of spring doesn't start until March 21st. However, yesterday was what I would like to call the first day of spring at Winifred Manor. I hope that by calling it spring preemptively that Mother Nature will be happy and decide not to send a cold snap, April Showers will come earlier than expect and March will leave like a the lamb it started out as instead of as a lion.

I know I shouldn't be getting the garden ready yet, but I did survey the yard, which is surprisingly without snow. In the process of gathering pots that were left in strange places and were then buried by the snow, and filling the bird feeders, I noticed something happy! During the fall I planted tulip bulbs in the front garden and I saw that they are beginning to sprout! This made me look even closer at the garden to see that the Lily's of the Valley and some of my other perennials are starting to wake up too! So to celebrate that it is time to garden soon, I bought a new bird feeder!

We also went on a hike at Battle Creek Regional park. It was a little muddy but got me excited to start going hiking with Nick over the weekends.

I am going to keep my fingers crossed that it stays above freezing. I am also going to finally order my vegetable seeds from my mail order catalog. I want to start them inside and transplant them outside starting mid-May.

Oh, Gardening season! I am so excited to see you again!