Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary, How Does Your Garden Grow??

This has been a perfect week for gardening.  It has been overcast and warm-ish with a slight breeze.  I have been so motivated to get the remainder of the perennials in the ground.  I have created a few new flower beds and gotten much of the yard cleaned up for spring.  I am a little bummed out, after three years, I still don't have any bat residents in my bat house.  I know they are out there, because when the pool light is on at night, it illuminates their acroBATics.   I am taking my little protege out to a friends farm to see the baby chicks tomorrow and then we head to a sweet little nursery in Jerseyville, IL called Cottage Gardens.  They have a large selection of ferns and hostas.  I don't get there as much as I would like because it is an hour and a half drive each way.  I can't think of anyplace I would rather be than the garden.  It is so peaceful and I can see the results of my labor as soon as I set the shovel down.