I worked on the garden and yard all day today. For the garden, I planted things that love to be cool and wet, and do well in the Michigan springtime. So we will have snow peas, lettuces, radishes, and green onions. When it gets warmer we will add tomatos, herbs, and a variety of peppers, both sweet and hot.

I planted some pansies in pots on the porch, put up yet another supposedly squirrel proof  bird feeder to try, planted some pretty blue and white violas...and some dormant perreniel roots including tall phlox in bright red, soft blue, and amethyst purple, some blue clematis vines, and Dan is supposed to planting some Japanese painted ferns and lillies of the valley, but he keeps sneaking inside to watch golf. We also picked up all of the garbage that had blown into the yard over the winter (Steven took care of that), picked up all of the big sticks that had blown down fro mthe trees, and Bill burned sticks and leaves in the burn barrel all day...so we got a ton of work done!

Next weekend if the weather is nice, I will finish planting Dad's plants -- two kinds of hosta, and day lillies in many colors. The weekend after we will be down south to clean out my parents' house, which I am not looking forward to at all.