Spring. Not Spring.

You lie. You tease! I'm coming for you!!!

Yeees, after my exuberant "It's SPRIIIIIIING!!!!" ...well it got down to the teens over the weekend!

Then it got warm; today it's 65 and sunny.
Tomorrow it will get down to 17 again.

Well that's just depressing.

I was going out of town and so before I left, I figured my spring bulbs are used to coming up with potentially snow, so they'll be fine; the knock-out roses that had started putting out leaves bloom multiple times throughout the spring and summer, so even if this first one kills them off, hopefully they'll come back; so all that I was strongly worried about my hydrangea's poor little bitty leaves.

My coworker suggested piling it with leaves as insulation. Welp, worth a try.
So I did.

And I'm certain that my neighbors think I'm insane ("Honeeeeeey? Remember all the leaves she raked and then dragged to the corner on a giant piece of cardboard instead of a tarp because her husband stole the tarp for another project and then she left them there instead of bagging them up like a normal person? Yeah, well now she's dragging them back up to the flower bed where she got them.    How should I know?!   Shoot, duck, I think she saw us!")

However, upon returning home, I was pleased to see that nothing really had a problem. The rose leaves still look fine (my coworker's theory is that they're too small and didn't catch as much wind...?), the hydrangea leaves appear to have survived with minimal "burn" (we'll say it's because of my incredible foresight and expert gardening care), and not only are the crocuses back bobbing their happy little heads in the sun, but the tulips were exploding out of the ground! (I always have that "Oh yeah, I planted them there too!" moment when these bulbs come up!)

"We survived!! Go us!"

So, we shall see what this longer streak of cold temps this weekend and next week does. :-/   Come on, little guys, make it past this and we can really have a party!


In other news...


THE SEEDS ARE PLANTED!!!!!

Yeah, I'm sorry, but how cute are those?!
Puttin' the good ol' only-way-to-garden-in-a-1-bedroom-apartment Aerogarden to use!

With room for more in a few weeks!

So excited!!! 

(Put them out last night and husband already reminded me that I must be a very diligent little watering elf. I know, I know! I try...I really do!!)