If spring is a little late in your area, you can always pick up hydrangeas that have been forced for the Easter flower market. They can keep your spirits high as you wait for spring weather.
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| Spring beauty is an edible corm sometimes called fairy potatoes. |
By the middle of April, spring is in full force. It is my favorite time of year. After weeks and weeks of longingly, expectantly waiting as for a lover, the weather is mild, the flowers are blooming, the hummingbirds have arrived, and I am filled with happiness.
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| First Tree Peony Bud Ever |
I rush to the garden with euphoria as my companion to see what spring charms await me.
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| Irises are coming along nicely. |
What gifts did spring bring? Where are they? What delights are in store? Perhaps, a lovely fragrance or a diamond drop of dew. Listen. I hear music. It is in the trees, the birds, the wind, the water, and the air. From the pond, from the grass, from the flowers, I hear spring everywhere soft as a whisper or loud as the thunder.
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