Friday, May 9, 2008

Spring is sprung!

Things finally started sprouting, and blooming, in the Poconos over the last couple of weeks. It was time to take an inventory of the yard:






This rose is my accomplishment of the year. I bought it after seeing an article in Southern Living that it had survived Hurricane Katrina, and some of the proceeds of its sale were going toward relief to Katrina victims. It's only supposed to be hardy down to 28 degrees, so I built it an igloo in an attempt to get it through a PA winter. It rewarded me with this:



It's going to be a good growing season!

This weekend we're assembling a raised garden bed. We bought all the materials, and now all we have to do it put them together--and get rid of this:










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