How lovely! I got to spend yesterday gardening and spreading aged horse poop under my plants! (While spreading the manure, we childishly attempted to use the word “poop” as many times as possible. Ha!)

It’s also warmed up enough that I could move my indoor plants outside, so the porch is starting to look nice again.

And I went to the WVU Greenhouse Plant Sale. I mostly managed to restrain myself, but I did get four California poppies (I’m not sure that any of the poppy seeds I planted did anything) and another lemon thyme to replace the one that didn’t last the winter (I don’t cook much with thyme, but it’s a pretty plant, and smells lovely when you brush the leaves) and I got another tuberous begonia, since last years hasn’t come back yet, and I’m not sure if it will.

Mostly it was good to be playing in the dirt and seeing how well my plants are doing: My roses are thriving and bushy, my irises are blooming, my bleeding hearts are still blooming, columbine is already in bloom, and some of my day lillies are getting ready to bloom.

It’s just lovely to be able to walk around the house and see everything growing and getting ready to bloom.