Surprise Snowdrops

My yard is still buried under snow. But when I was at Mom's this week I happened to look out the back window and thought I saw a snowdrop out at the back corner of the yard. I grabbed the camera and went for a look. Sure enough there were a few scattered in with the myrtle.

Neither Country Girl or I planted them.
There aren't any in the neighbors yard.
I love volunteers!

Her daffodils are just starting to come up too.

Instead of being upset that I won't have and spring blooms for at least two weeks I'm going to look at it as getting to have spring twice!

April Blooms Report

For this edition of Garden Bloggers Bloom Day I finally have have buds! The first three pictures are of the crocuses that I planted in the fall. The last is a snowdrop that I found growing out near the edge of the woods. I didn't plant it so it was a nice surprise. I took these pictures yesterday which was a good thing since the ground is covered with snow again this morning.

Country Girl has crocuses. And the galanthus are still blooming up her way.

Our Mom, in Syracuse, has had daffodil buds for almost three weeks now. They just don't seem willing to open up. I guess they know more bad weather is coming and are patiently waiting it out.







I checked my archives from last year. Since I only started my garden last year there was nothing blooming but we had done all of the yard clean-up both here and at Mom's. The new beds were being started. We had an outdoor Easter Egg hunt and the kids were already playing baseball in the backyard.

It was also about this time last year that John made my composter. Since the contents haven't turned into compost yet I must be doing something wrong. Hopefully next weekend I can finally get to work!

Signs of Spring!

For those of you that check out Apple's other blog, "Apple Doesn't Fall Far From the Tree" you will see she has a "Dreaming of Spring" post. My poor sister is still buried under the white stuff! I can't post photos over there and just had to show off my snowdrops (Galanthus) that are blooming in the grass (yes Apple, we can see grass here again!!!!) I thought I was the one in zone 4 and you were in 5???? Spring really is on the way for us, hold on!!!