I admire your ambition.

We will probably expand the front perennial bed (again). There are a few old yews I'd like to take down and plant paper birches in their stead. I'm adding a second lower level to my bog garden this spring, that will need to be filled up with goodies. My wonderful wife will assuredly be adding to her "tropical" garden, she spied some expensive black caladium in the Wayside Garden catalog. I also seem to remember her mentioning my installing a pond of some kind. Lets see.. other than that my aspirations consist of laying in the hammock, drinking beer (not too much), and watching all of last years hard work come to fruition. Which leads me to wonder... how old does my son need to be before he can mow the lawn?

For next year, I'm going to do better with the fishing line trellis that I didn't put much effort into last year. The morning glories quickly overgrew what I did and it didn't look so great.

Other than that, I plan to take out my Fine Gardening magazines and my garden books and plan next year's plants. Then find vendors for everything I want and price them out.

And yes, I plan on going to the Hofstra show too. I got some great daylilies and coleus last year. I'm also planning on purchasing an orchidarium to expand my orchid collection in March. Just in time to purchase new orchids at the New York International Orchid Show at Rockefeller Center in April!

and in the fall i just lifted the pots to bring back indoors

Also going to transplant a weigelia to that eastern exposure as its getting crowded on a western exposure by a burning bush and a large spirea. Another transplant will be the moving of a glossy abelia with a rose bush. The rose bush is getting too much shade and the abelia can tolerate more shade. So they will be switched in the yard. I am going to expand a perennial bed under that dogwood and add Pulmonaria 'Dark Vader' if its available here and maybe add 'Inniswood' hosta also depending on availability. The camellia area will receive 2 Heucherellas 'Chocolate Lace' and I plan to transplant Tiarella 'Heronswood Mist' to that area also as they are getting lost among 2 mountain laurels I had them near last year. Another area due for expansion by a foot is the area near my patio. I want to move away 'Hoosier Harmony' and 'Gold Drop' hostas to allow them to expand and not be shaded by the oakleaf hydrangea they are near to. Its going to be a busy springtime here.

Yep lots of broken twigs and limbs from the snow storms - need to rake and lime the lawn. I am behind this year due to the weather which I still don't trust so I won't put the weed/feed on the lawn until May. I have a really yicky job clean out the pond - I am not looking forward to that because its a MESS! Then I guess clean up the garden beds and putting in compost. I won't know what truely made it until May.

Next is onto fixing the fence and putting up a new one and also putting together two arbors we ordered this year. My daughter's love is Roses so I got a deal on the arbors. :-) Once our swingset moves onto a new home, I need to get a gravely (sp) to clear the lot line and plant shrubs and more periannials.

I just looked at so many garden mags and websites over the winter to keep us getting through the long season - lots of ideas, especially with garden art. Now it's just getting some of them done. ;-)

Enjoy the weekend - great warm spring air to plan your gardens on Sat and Sun!

Chantel :-)