Hooray! I planted grass seed Monday evening working until dusk scratching up the soil, working in compost and spreading the seed/mulch mixture. I woke up to light rain and it has been raining off and on for the past two days with no sign of stopping until Friday. Then more rain is forecast. Perfect cool wet weather to make those seeds swell and sprout!
Now if I can just keep Rowdy and Scamp off the seeded area. It’s right in front of the house where they tend to play and dig around. They will have to be on leash, supervised or in the back yard for the time being. We have a fence up for the mailman, too!
Indoors, I have overwintered some coleus plants and I have cut them back and rooted the cuttings. A pinch here and there and I should have nice bushy specimens to set out when the weather is more settled. For now, my office windowsill is full! I can hardly see my little birdie friends when they stop by to see what I am doing.
All over the yard, my perseverance in planting dozens and dozens of scilla and chionadoxa and muscari bulbs over the years has resulted in big patches and swathes of blue flowers this year! The muscari have yet to bloom, but the other two have popped up everywhere – thick and solitary. I can only expect that the blue wonderland will continue when the muscari come on.