Blisters and longing

Ok, so I couldn't wait any longer. I got the tiller out today. It was so nice and I wanted to get the dirt stirred up and ready for planting. I ended up giving myself a blister, but that comes with the territory. Alan told me I should have worn gloves but I reckon I need to start getting myself toughened up for what is to come. I was going to take a picture but didn't, I will soon though.

I hadn't thought much about it since it happened, but my wrist hung in there. What surprised me about it was my grip, actually, and that it was difficult to maintain after awhile. The mums got trimmed up. Did you know you shouldn't cut your mums back, the dead stuff, until early spring? I read that the old stems seem to collect just enough leaves, snow and such to protect them through the winter. I moved them during the last warm spell to the area between the street and sidewalk. I had a vision for the front of my house, close up, and mums were not part of that, so they got moved.

The Easter flowers are coming up. I sure hope they bloom, sometimes they don't the first year after they get moved, I guess we will see. Tulips, grape hyacinths, and regular hyacinths are coming up. I am pretty stoked. Now if I can just be patient enough to wait until my birthday to really start planting stuff. I know that is the first time it is actually safe from frost, but inevitably something will get planted and then die due to frost and my inability to wait.