Oh how does your garden grow

Spring is here in my part of the country and for those of you glaring at the hard snow covered ground and hoping you can melt the ice with your spring thoughts I am sending warm wishes your way.

I haven't done much in my yard this spring. About a month ago we had a weeding party and three of us cleared the yard of all the pesky weeds. THEN IT RAINED. And within a week they were all back. Hello? I pulled them all out down to the roots and after one good rain - poof - it was as though we hadn't touched the yard in a year.

E thinks pulling weeds is a fun game. Hopes those feelings remain in about 12 years when it will be his turn!

I have tried for several years to grow strawberries and tomatoes and both don't like me. The strawberries never seem to mature or taste good, even though i give them fresh good soil to grow in and the tomatoes took on a life of their own and just turned into a giant 8 foot bush.

Our only fruiting plant this year is our lemon tree. We planted it a few years ago and it is finally blooming. I am crossing my fingers that we will have fresh lemons this summer!!

My mom has the greatest yard that always looks so perfect. And i know the reason that my yard doesn't look that good is she tends to it everyday. Everyday. That's a commitment i just can't make. Maybe in a few decades when the babes are out of the house.

Ok. enough about the garden. To those of you with greener thumbs than I - have a great spring.