An Early Spring

This winter has been mild, so my garden is coming to life early.  As expected, the Daphane bushes are blooming.  I also have crocus and daffodils in boom.  The hyacinths and daylilies are emerging as well.  Mid February seems early.  Last year the daffodils did not bloom until early March.  My Star Magnolia is also budding.

I found that there were perhaps 50 daffodils coming up under a gardenia bush.  They were getting no light, so of course there were no buds.  I moved them today.  They won't bloom, but the weather is still cool enough that they will survive.

With the lingering drought, all the grass died last fall, or what was left of it after the invasion of chickweed.  So, we killed off the yard.  We won't be able to water this year.  In an effort to have some green in the yard, we've begun to put down centipede seed.  Today we covered it with coffee grounds, before the rain began.  An experiment in drought tolerant gardening.  I like to have some grass, but it may be time to look at other plants.