It rained today, and all gardens and gardeners are happy.  I ran an errand for Avdi, then had to stop by Value Plants, as it was right on the way!  I acquired another major plant on my wishlist, pink bleeding heart, and while I was at it, a yellow mini-rose.  The lady at checkout knows me and my garden creds now, so she gave me three free purple pansies!  Later on there will be all sorts of freebies.  So if you’re a plant nativist, this post is not for you, please disregard!  Sometimes I stray.

Then I happily planted things in the rain!  The bleeding heart went in the hosta garden, appropriately.  The pansies went into Y’s rock garden and one of the porch beds.  And the little rose initiated a project I’ve been planning for a while, a little rose garden for Y out front.  I began the digging process and mulched with leaves.  VP will get large roses soon, so I can add on to it.

I also took some coral honeysuckle cuttings and started a prop experiment for Angela next door.  I think this time I may get it right.

Since it was raining, I re-seeded the bare places in the lawn.  At least there is less lawn and more natives each year.

Irises have begun blooming!  It’s going to be Iris-O-Rama soon!

So I was sitting here on my laptop, with Loucious, when out the window across the street I saw our neighborhood herd of deer grazing!  There were at least three or four large does, happily munching away.  I’m sorry for the poor photo quality, as I was in a hurry to snap pics and my camera can’t seem to make out distance, just like me.  But you can get the idea.  It’s just as well Loucious couldn’t see them, or he may have started herding them!  Deer aren’t as overcrowded here as in MD, so it’s more of a novelty to see a herd practically in your front yard.