Uncovered

 

We've been out in the back planting trees for the past two days but the front yard also needed attention. All the winter debris was choking all the little things trying to pop up. 

I spent quite a long time on my hands and knees in the mud pulling weeds, cutting vines and raking off leaves. There's a lot coming up already.

It looks like the Black-Eyed Susan I transplanted might have survived the brutal winter we had. 

My poor camellias suffered terribly. Look at those frost bitten buds. So sad. 

I'm hoping my continuous blooming azalea will come back to life. It's pretty miserable looking right now as are so many of my other smaller bushes. Right now it's in the 70's. I've even got the windows open so I'm hoping a good warm up might save some of them. What I'm really hoping is that we don't go from that harsh winter to a ridiculously hot, dry summer again. That would just be too cruel.