april snow showers bring…

Friday morning we woke up to a dusting of snow on the ground! It is still April, right? Yikes. So glad we didn’t go crazy and begin planting flowers and veggies too early. It is so raw and chilly here, we had to fire up the furnace last night for the first time in over 3 weeks. It’s so easy to forget that Spring is still in its infancy.

garlic and snow!

It's grass! It's slush! It's grush...

The snow quickly melted yesterday afternoon, and it has turned into a very, very soggy last few days.

It's a rainy day, it's a rainy day... it's raining outside and I can't go out and play.

On the bright side, our yard of organic compost arrived this morning! We set out a big tarp on the front lawn, and hoped for the best. I’ve never had compost delivered before, and wasn’t quite sure just how much dirt a yard consists of. And we weren’t home when the delivery happened, so all day I was curious to see what it would look like.

This compost looks very dark and rich.

I love that they left a little flag on top... like king of the compost mountain!

From far away it doesn’t seem like much, but I think it will definitely fill our new cedar raised garden bed (which arrived yesterday!!!) with enough left over to mix into our other gardens. It’s supposed to stop raining overnight, so tomorrow looks to be a good day to get our new bed situated and filled. Break out the wheel barrow and prepare to get dirty!

Tags: compost, gardening, garlic, spring

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