One Nice Day

We had ONE lovely Saturday 2 weekends ago.

So I got out to turn over the edible bed and get my early stuff planted.

I became concerned when I didn't see peas. :-/  I had planted them the day before the several inches of snow we got and it had been 10 days and no little heads of green.
I veeeeery gentle brushed some soil and saw a little neck bent over just below the surface, so phew! Brushed the dirt back over and am waiting for them to emerge ... a week later and some have JUST broken the surface...only slightly later than normal (and by "slightly" I mean like multiple weeks!).

All cleaned up with cauliflower, onions and 5 different kinds of lettuce planted:

I'm doing this fun thing where I didn't label what I planted. Soooo, that will be exciting! :-/

Also, upon reading the cauliflower packet, it says that it's rather finicky to grow; harder than broccoli. Needs consistent watering and proper soil conditions.

Most definitely an accidental gardener high success rate crop!  {heavy sarcasm}

My confidence in its yield is right about 3%.



On the flower front, however, things are looking lovely!

The clematis are putting out leaves!!!

And the spring bulbs are slowly growing larger, but are at least a month behind where they were last year in terms of blooming (on April 1, husband tells me the "on this day a year ago" photo was my tulips in bloom! And no - it wasn't a joke!)

Peony, daffodils, clematis, day lilies, crocuses and the green of some other bulb I planted, though can't recall what, all poking their little heads!

And in the tulip border, lots of  greens poking and cute little mini daffodils in bloom, but the crocuses made a miserable flowering show and are fading away. 

Wacky, weirdo year! I'm ready for some "normal" spring weather!

And warmth should be coming mid-week and it'll be nearly 80 over the weekend!!!

Very curious to see how things explode by next week!