I got so much done the last couple of days that I’ll just list it for my own records:

I met a new friend on the local swap group who gave me common lilac starts she had dug up, enough for planting nine future lilac bushes all over the front yard!

I cleared the other half of the “wetland/woodland” edge and direct-sowed an assortment of natives: pale and purple coneflower, a mix of many milkweeds and other natives, saint john’s wort, and new england asters.

I cleaned up the “new” perennial bed and planted my globe artichoke seedlings.

I added more flowers to Y’s little square and their rock garden.  I added more glads to my newly-purposed raised bed.

I planted more garlic and onion seedlings in their respective places.  Oddly, some mysterious critter (blackbirds?) carefully removed and hid every single tag in the veg rows, just to keep me on my toes.  Who says critters don’t have a sense of humor?

The rest was some usual indoor chores–I’m getting better at leaving the kids’ chores to them–and just soaking up the gorgeousness of early spring, as maple ‘copters spin and cherry blossom petals fly.  Look how tall my last year’s asparagus is getting!  And yes, some invasive non-natives may have snuck in to my photos, but there are bigger battles to fight these days.