Down the street there is a vacant property that used to be a magnificent garden....years ago I was told there were thousands of tulips and then it became a Japanese garden with the next owners. An owner later it was sold. The people behind bought it in order to ensure no one built a house on it. They took care to mow the lawn and keep it in general order. The first spring we lived there, I noticed a field's worth of snowdrops. I asked the owner for permission to take some, and she was more than happy to give her consent. I planted these along the garage and other places...that year I also got some from my godmother Betty, who is turning 90 years old on Saturday! These snowdrops are different from the ones in the field, but I can't find how they are different. Anyway, to make a long story short, the property was sold along with the house on next street to someone who did not care about the property at all. It has lots of lovely wild flowers, but they get out of hand and so once in a while they wholesale chop it down rather than maintain it. In the spring, the old faithful snowdrops come up, and they are multiplying. Every year I take a clump for someone. This year, I dug up more clumps and spent hours separating the bulbs and potting them up. Why? Because of all the weeds that might be in the soil. Sad, but I got bishop's weed that way a few years ago. Anyway, I now have about 10 small pots and 2 big ones...I gave some to my neighbor Kristin and she called me the "snowdrop fairy". So that's what I am.
I will plant the snowdrop later, after they have finished blooming, and I see where the other spring bulbs come up.
Now out to enjoy another beautiful day a bit. I may rake thatch since my cold is better.
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