Yesterday I picked up my first load of mulch, along with some mushroom compost and potting soil.
I put the bags of mulch in an area that was the remains of a raised bed that I raked out but never got mulched last fall. It's going to be nice weather the rest of this week, so I'll open and spread them soon. The potting soil is for potting up the annuals I'm growing from seed. I've started some early, so they'll be farther along when they go in the ground, but I'll need to pot them up once before that.
Our soil temps are still pretty low, and not much is even poking up yet. That is likely because of the second blast of polar air we had in February, but it is going to be warmer than average this week so perhaps spring bulbs will start showing tips soon.
My white hellebore had opening buds in December, but they were killed by the cold temps in January and February. I cut back the old foliage and dead flower buds today, but I don't know if it'll put out any new buds. The pink hellebore has something coming up, but I don't know if it'll be flowers or just leaves (like last year).
Seedlings of four different salvias and pentas are coming along. This week I'm going to seed zinnias and sunflowers.
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