Spring has Sprung!

It's a beautiful spring weekend with sunny skies and warm temperatures... a perfect time to start the season's yard work. First up, making a larger garden plot out of the small flower bed next to the deck. After all, how hard could that be?

Well, it took two days to dig up the lawn, lay the landscape timbers and fill with garden soil, but this will be worth it when the poblanos and tomatoes arrive. I know it just looks like dirt now (which it is), but let's check back in a few weeks when the plants are in and growing.

There are more obvious signs of spring too. The forsythia are in full bloom and the lilacs are ready to burst, just in time for the Rochester Lilac Festival in May.