It's another sunny day, in the string of beautiful days we've had this week.  How did you celebrate the First Day of SPring?  I wanted to spend it clearing my deck garden at home, so I could enjoy the beauty of the yellow and purple crocuses, and the first of the miniature irises (a gift from my friend Margaret, a member of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Plants!)  There are so many dead stalks and leaves that I can barely see the flowers peeking through.  But, duty called, as there was so very much to do at the farm, and I told myself "maybe tomorrow" as I sped off.  We are transplanting hundreds of plants nearly every day, and beginning to put out plant signs and labels.  My clipboard of "to-do" gains pages faster than I can mark things off and remove pages this time of year.  There's more watering to do every day as the number of plants grow, but I dont' complain about that job at all.  It gives me an opportunity to see which seeds germinated overnight, and how each plant has grown.  They really do change from day to day.  I get to see the first buds forming and watch them unfurl into flowers.  We have some amazing pansy colors this year in a new mixture.

     In the gardens, the hellebores in the Enchanted Forest have fat buds that will open soon.  We've lost another chunk of bank there, so the garden gets smaller and smaller.  I really need to move the whole thing to another, safer location, or investigate the possibility of doing something to reinforce the bank.  Any suggestions?  There are daffodils forming buds in several of the gardens, and bits of green perennials poking through the soil here and there.  The chives and garlic are growing quickly in the Cook's Garden.  I need to do a walkabout, just to see what's happening, but there just hasn't been time.  I've been enjoying some beautiful sunrises and sunsets, and really bright stars at night.  Is there anything more wonderful than SPRING?