Spring is in the Air!

Well after a colder than normal winter, we're finally seeing some warm days that you might expect from New Orleans. Due to the cold, we (and everyone in the city) lost a lot of plants in the freezing weather. Since we all like to pretend that we're living in a tropical area, we plant tropical plants...well...they're all gone and with little hope of returning. Sunday we finally had a nice enough day that Mike and I could get out and cut down all the dead plants :( and clear the way for new, yet to be purchased ones. We lost our bougenvia (no idea how to spell that!), our hibiscus tree, the palm trees suffered, our climbing mandevilles, and others. So that leaves some big gaps in the yard. Strangely enough, the weeds seem to thrive! So there were plenty of them!

But now much of it is cleared away and ready to be replanted. We planted a flat of pretty yellow marigolds to brighten things up in the meantime and believe it or not Mike has already got his tomato garden going. It was a lot of work and we made our neighbors jealous by actually tackling the work (everyone needs to do this). There's still much to do. As Mike told me, we made a dent in the yard. But it definitely looks more tidy by the front door and that's what we see the most!

Here's some pictures to enjoy of Mike checking out his garden a few days later with Caitlyn.