Goodbye March

Overcast, gray, in the 40s.  Rain and snow on the way.

I'm over the shed.  And I'm so over March.

Some tasks accomplished yesterday: One more dead vole.  That's three.  The electronic trap is working.  I also spread the castor oil based mole / vole deterrent all over the front walk garden.  It has a very strong smell.

I set up the hoses.  This year a different system.  I had such trouble reeling the long 150 - 200 foot extensions of hoses back to the house after watering the Birch Garden or Meadow's Edge, or out to the back hill.  This year I am going to keep just 50 to 100 feet on the reel at the house, and roll the mobile cart to any place where I need water out in the yard.... just hook it up to the end of the "house" hose.

ready to easily roll to each "house hose" connection where needed

I like the moss green color of this very narrow lightweight hose from Gardeners Supply.  But it is made of a "sticky" sort of material that won't let it slide as it is reeled over the cart.... kind of a problem to reel in.  We'll see how long this lasts!

like the moss green, but the hose itself kinks and is not easy to wind up

And we'll see how the remote station by the side of the deck works this year with two hoses, a coiled short one for watering stuff on that side of the deck and a longer one for hooking up to the rolling hose cart!

will this work?

I ended up not knowing what to do with the pair of silly triangle shaped white vinyl planters.  I put them by the boxwoods, since it's kind of a formal look, and I need to put something in... maybe the crocosmia bulbs I just got, in pots?  Yes, I think so.  A little mini parterre sort of thing.  Kind of.  I dunno.

seems like overkill for this simple gravel area, but what the heck