Garden thread:

Oh my gawd the WEEDS!!! Ok I neglected my asparagus bed last fall.  Yes I cut down the dried stocks earlier this year as well as pruned the raspberries.  But what was really shocking was the entire bed approximately 8 feet by 30 feet was covered in narrow Leaf plantain also known as Buckhorn plantains!!! 

I weeded the entire bed out and put down straw.  The asparagus it's starting to come up now.  I have something called Creeping Charlie, pigweed, lambsquarters, Canada thistle and a few other weeds that I have forgotten their names to.

The dandelions are horrific on the lawn!  Fortunately my strawberry bed doesn't look too bad as I paid a lot of attention to it last year.  Peonies are coming up and the azaleas are budding .  The lilac I planted last year has flower buds.  And my 10 year old Magnolia is approximately 12 ft tall now.  The blueberry bushes are still alive which is hard for me because I have alkaline soil so I'm always sulfuring those areas.

I have a smattering of Lenten rose and my pear trees as well as my service Berry is blooming.  The Forsythia is starting to drop its flowers.  Oh and here comes the rhubarb!