J is for Jump

Jump. As in jump to it.

After complaining a couple days ago about how tired I am, I have to get moving. We had one small blast of winter on Thursday, and now it looks like spring will take over. Time for me to get my gardening plans in action.

Some of my tulips are above ground, and this will be their last year. I need to rebuild my bulb bed after a couple years of semi-neglect. I plan to put more tulips back in, and will try to salvage the bulbs that make it above ground and bloom.

I believe the squirrels or old age have gotten to my crocuses. I have some asiatic lilies in the bed, which won’t pop up until May, but they were looking pretty poorly last year.

I have overwintered a number of geraniums, and it looks like it will stay warm enough that I can leave them outside. They need to be cleaned up and cut back. It will be nice to see them on the deck again.

Last, but not least are my roses. I have mostly Canadian roses, one single bloom shrub rose, and a hybrid rose that I tried to winter over. The hybrid is a yellow rose called Julia Child. It is beautiful. I don’t have a lot of luck overwintering hybrid roses, but I’m hopeful that I got it right this time.

I’ve got about a month before I start buying tomatoes and herbs. So right now it’s time to jump on moving winter out, and welcoming spring.

What’s in your garden? Do tell!

P.S. I have plenty of weeds in my gardens. So if that’s what you’ve got, it’s OK!!