March came in like a Lion

 Winter is a time of promise because there is so little to do — or because you can now and then permit yourself the luxury of thinking so. ~Stanley Crawford, A Garlic Testament: Seasons on a Small New Mexico Farm, 1992

February was our winter all month.  Unrelenting rain, snow, and ending with ice and snow.  Not the snow the north had, just enough to turn things a lovely white blanket for a time.

It was also a month of health ups and downs.  I hope this month will be better!

The gardens are needing a good cleaning and raking.  Time to think of what plants I want where.  

Winter is the season in which people try to keep the house as warm as it was in the summer, when they complained about the heat. ~Author Unknown

We have a new visitor. A gopher has been in the area of the gardens.  If it tunnels under there and makes mounds it can be a problem.  I need to check out how to get rid of him.

I am in hopes that we will have more rainy weather. We are still in drought conditions.

These are California poppies.  Beautiful plants on Feb 15.  Don't know what they look like now but I can guess