Actually, there was little going Ion in the garden prior to Thursday’s rain.  But since then, the rush of spring is certainly on here.

A paler yellow-form shown above yesterday, and once more a day later.

Mike’s honey bees are hard at work,  should be another year of great seed set!

Galanthus nivalis are also appearing everywhere as well.

Including some with yellow ovaries ( below ).

Went to close the Pit-House (forecasted to be in the low 30’s tonite)
And spotted the first Crocus ‘De Jager’ in bloom.

There are a potfull of bulbs in this pot,  originally a gift from Bill Brown.

My Hamamelis ‘Pallida’ does not have a lot of blooms this year.

Not the case with H. ‘Jelena’

Spent about an hour outside yesterday removing old foliage from the hellebores before the rain chased me back indoors.

I believe this is Helleborus x Ballardeia ‘Pink Frost’ ( below). Pretty sure I purchased this from Plant Delights about a decade or more ago.

The clump got so big the center died out.  I need to dig up several of these separated clumps and move them elsewhere in the garden.

Here’s what ‘Potters Wheel looks like in the bed across the driveway.

But down in the lower garden, out in more sun, they are in bloom!

So with all the flowers quickly pushing,  it’s high time to get busy deadheading old foliage.  This small load, was about an hour’s worth of work on Thursday, the rain put an end to working outside.

This morning Andrea & I took Verlie for a walk down the road and back.

Upon arriving back home I went down to open up the Pit-House, and check the rain gage 1.7” since Thursday. A pretty good start.

That rainfall increased the water table of the ground water by about 3″, so now there’s a wee puddle in the bottom of the pond.

On the way back to the house, I happened to spot one of several Helleborus tibetanus in the garden. With the forecasted weather for today and tomorrow, I’ve little doubt it’ll be in bloom shortly!