A good bit of the Midwest was subjected to high winds this past Friday, March13th. Fortunately, there was very little damage to my garden other than a lot of twigs and small branches littering the ground.

In just a couple of hours ( using my leaf blower, wheelbarrow/ and leaf-rake ) I had all of the paved areas and gravel pathways pretty much in order.

Removing all of the same sort of debris, out of the rockeries, will be a different matter all to- gether. That’ll take days, as every trig, cone, and deciduous leaf will have to be picked out from the rocks, by hand!

Despite the cooler temperatures, new flowers are opening and more plants are coming up.

The first blooms of Adonis amurensis ( one of 3 plants purchased from White Flower Farm, seemingly a lifetime ago ) opened this morning.

The paucity of flowers on all 3 older clumps, cause’s me to think, its high time to lift each plant, divide these geriatric stems, work in some compost into their planting holes, and perhaps site a few elsewhere in the garden.

This younger addition to the garden, is far more presentable.

I had hopes for continued sunshine after lunch. That could urge still-closed blooms on a number of recently emerged plants to open. Alas, clouds have moved in, and non-sunny days are forecasted for the remainder of the weekend and on till mid week. Blustery, wintery mixed lows in the mid teens as well ! We’ll have to wait and see, what looks camera worthy when the sun returns.