It looks like the weather will warm up enough to safely start my garden clean up
60 degrees, today. 72 on Wednesday!! (Mid Michigan) Hopefully that warmth will speed the other bulb plants into bloom.
Our yard waste collection starts back up on Thursday so I'm going to do some major pruning on the trumpet vine, today. I'll put off the starting the major garden clearing until Monday, just to be sure the bees and other insects have 'stirred'.
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for a Saturday (4/1) cleanup at the main garden I manage. The other one is already in good shape and growing garlic, onions, leeks, turnips.
Super people. Lots of fun working with the kids.
We replaced deteriorated boards, dug up weeds, cleared pathways, hauled new soil to the beds, unloaded wood and concrete corners. We had a few handyman types who repaired some minor issues.
I already saw one of my "buddy bumblebees." I swear, this guy greets me in the spring. I read the other day that bees are sentient, so maybe so? Don't know their longevity.
Another spring thing that used to happen but hasn't for the last two years is that I think I had a crow who brought me a present. He/she would leave an orange or some other type of bright object for me up at my own garden, which is up the mountain. He did this for years! So disappointed my crow friend is gone.
I'm gonna' go take a photo of some fledging plants and post it in a few minutes.
on edit, I took the pics but postimages has a technical snafu right now. BBL.
I have a few hundred heads of black seeded Simpson going.
Leeks, scallions, garlic, shallots. All will be moved to other beds and replaced with flowers. The pictures shows a few of my elevated raised beds, of which I have six.