Can you believe it? It was sunny! I haven’t been in the garden since the Pie and I raked up all the leaves and I laid down the Slug-B-Gone (which, incidentally, seems to have worked).
The consistent rain has meant that my weeds are flourishing. I spent a good two hours just digging them out. This particular weed will be the death of me.
It’s completely overrun the horrible hedge in the front, and it creeps through the fence in the back.
On a positive note, my peony is going strong, as is my astilbe and my columbine. However, columbine seems to be a weed here so I’m not surprised it’s doing well. I actually divided the columbine and planted some of it in the front yard to soak up the sun.
It’s good to see some new growth on my boxwood. I thought they might have lost it this year.
My lavender from last year has survived the winter, just barely.
Another nice surprise is that the two straggly clematis that made it out of the seed stage last year seem to be flourishing this year. 
As you can see the daffodils are in bloom, though they get damaged easily by the winds here, and the tulips will bloom soon.
The iris are struggling back from their battle with the slugs. Maybe we’ll see some of those bloom by the end of the summer, who knows? I laid down some more Slug-B-Gone, as I saw a few slimers while I was weeding.
Now that the frost season is officially over I’m going to start trying to plant some things. I figure the slug bait and the lack of snow might stand me in good stead this time around.
Ali Does It Herself 