The Robins are back, we've had a couple days in the 70's and I've got a bush with a bunch of pretty pink flowers on it. Spring! Woo Hoo!
This year though, my Tulips and Daffodils only produced leaves, no flowers.
My yard is 90% weeds. Sorrel, Henbit, Violets, Moss, and some kind of funky evergreen. Not the most beautiful sight, but it's near impossible to grow grass under the two old Sugar Maples that shade most of the front.
Time for some outside work. Because it was overgrown and covered with honeysuckle vine (1.5" trunk), I cut one of the old Forsythia bushes all the way down to the stumps. The inside was pretty rotted anyway, and if it doesn't come back it will be replaced with a couple Thuja Green Giant trees (they're like Cypress).
In the side/back yard I've got a huge Water Oak. In the back yard I'd love to plant a Dawn Redwood. They were quite scarce for a long time (they grew back with the Dinosaurs) but have made a comeback. My mother planted one in her front yard in 1970 and it's about 60' tall now.
Last year's spring was depressing. We had 2 weeks of very warm weather, weeks before we should have, and all the trees popped their leaves out, and the flowering trees were in full bloom. Then we were hit by 2 weeks of freezing and below and it killed it all. It was at least month before the trees produced more leaves.
I'm babbling.
