My Irises are poking their head out of the earth I noticed today. Must say, in this zone they are a bit early, but then with the weather the way it is, nothing is surprising me at all. I love my Irises. I have a full “fence” of them and always have extra’s to share with friends and family. Sometimes I can even barter with them. I love to barter. It’s good for both parties involved.
When I saw the Irises, naturally I had to check out all of the gardens for signs of new greenery. I see that my Valerian is starting to pop it’s heads out a wee bit, and even my chives are showing theirs, if one looks close enough. I couldn’t cut my sage down last fall, so as soon as it gets a bit warmer outside, I’ll cut it way back and get all the dead branches and leaves off of it. The sage grows really fast for me, so I’m not too worried if I cut it down a great deal.
I’m still keeping an eye our for the dandiflowers…okay, dandelions as everyone else calls them. Two years ago, on Jan. 29th, in the middle of a snow storm my youngest son brought me in a dandiflower, after he shook the snow off of it. I couldn’t believe it. How strange is that. I of course pressed it in one of my heavy herbal books, and marked the page with a note that it was from my son for my birthday. What an awesome birthday present in January!