Spring Has Sprung!

Spring cleaning! 

After a winter that seemed like it lasted forever spring is finally here and we've been hard at work cleaning out our flowerbeds, expanding our garden and watching everything come back to life! Last spring consisted of us digging all of our flower beds and planting everything new, so this year is completely different.

It's been so much fun watching the plants and woods behind our house change daily. 

March...

I love watching the woods behind our house turn green and fill in. 

Nature Preserve behind our house.

Sedum Love!

When I was taking advantage of a warm march day and clearing out some of the old dead plants from last season and noticed the sedum peaking it's head up through the leafs! Such amazing chartreuse green color!
If you want something low maintenance that does well from full sun to shade than this is the plant for you! There are many varieties and they have beautiful clusters of flowers in late summer to fall. I have both the Autumn Joy and Neon in my yard and they both have amazing color!

Those Darn Squirrels!!! 

Before

We bought this beautiful mosaic bird feeder at Lowes and got it filled and all set up and absolutely loved how it looked when the light hit it.



 We now have 3 feeders along the nature preserve and there is an abundance of different birds that come to visit daily. But along with the birds we have a herd of squirrels that love to feast on the free grub. 

After :(

So of course the next day I look outside to see this guy feasting on a pile of bird seed with my new feeder broken on the ground!

Needless to say I was not very happy! But hey, I guess they have to eat too.
At least we were able to take it back and have it replaced with no questions asked. The replacement feeder must be a little more sturdy because it's still intact and I see one of our little furry friends sitting on it almost daily. 

Until next time... Happy Spring!