mulching

and mulching. Worked on the second sideyard the other day- pulled mock strawberry out from around the lungwort, hostas and ostrich ferns. I was so pleased to see that the ferns are spreading here-

I know that originally I only planted four or five crowns, there's at least twice that now!

Hosta are already pushing up from the ground. I scattered irish spring shavings around them again hope to deter the deer from visiting

this one already has a leaf starting to unfurl

Also glad to see that my young hollies did well through winter. So with them likewise the hellebores, it works better to transplant them after a year or two of growth.