Maybe this time...

Every Spring I believe with all my heart that I will get a the garden right this time. I will have space to walk, so I can nip the weeds in their infancy and move things so the sun can reach them, and perhaps cause them to finally bloom. Such is the case with my peonies. Filed under: What was I thinking when I planted them? All the peony roots planted in the Spring of 2008 were in the back row, where they got 20 minutes of sun per day. Never gonna bloom there, and so despite warnings to transplant them only in the fall, I dug them up and repositioned them yesterday. I have high hopes, maybe not for this year, but for next. The roots were huge, I mean HUGE, and were kept intact in the move. I found ten plants and moved them all, and then later found one more, after I had run out of steam, and space for that matter.

In moving them I had to lift about 20 hosta plants which were exceedingly tightly packed together. Which means finding a new home for them too. Hmm. I just put them in a box and covered them for the day. They are not finicky about being moved. Today I will figure out where they can be set, perhaps start a new hosta bed. We'll see.

I was happy to find that the astilbe survived and look healthy, altho they are being nudged by a self seeded bleeding heart. I must have just the right stuff for Bleeding Hearts as they are already setting blooms and filling their boxes.

This lily is going nuts and has pushed itself and its family of smaller sets out of the ground. Methinks it needs to see more of the sun and will be moved to the pond side of the yard. This will make room for some of the hosta in waiting.

If you have been with me for some time it may surprise you as it did me that this is our fourth Spring in this house. Where has the time gone?
In the interim the hosta originally planted in the fall of '07 has reached the dividing point. So that is on my to-do list too. It is becoming evident that I must pick a spot for another hosta bed.

Our water pump in the front walk broke during the winter and was replaced by this new Jim-Dandy red one, which is shorter and moved out of the middle of the walkway. Dave got this super four spigot diverter, which is a bit of an overkill but it works so much better than the old version, that I am not complaining.

I noticed that the goldfish are hanging out in the shallow end, soaking up the warmth. Sitting ducks should that local heron show up. Altho I must say we have enough fish to share...
Hard to believe that at one time we had only three goldies, and now we have three generations.

The weather is cooperating and we are having our meals on the porch, in the soft Springtime sun. What was once our dining room table, works better for us outside.
Just right.