A friend of mine recently said she knew it was spring because she shaved her legs . . . I found a better way to determine that . . .
It’s amazing what you can grow on a 2,178 square foot lot downtown.
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small white spring flower
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small blue and white spring flowers
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_usir0ef8Y7k/SBFl7McE6tI/AAAAAAAAAUM/KZ8AXt_NswQ/s320/purple+crocus.jpg)
purple crocus
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_usir0ef8Y7k/SBFl0McE6sI/AAAAAAAAAUE/5bQTkq1QpE4/s320/pink+star+flower.jpg)
pink starflower
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_usir0ef8Y7k/SBFluMcE6rI/AAAAAAAAAT8/L8-GwlWuvI8/s320/pink+primrose.jpg)
pink primrose
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_usir0ef8Y7k/SBFloMcE6qI/AAAAAAAAAT0/KS4O3IDn658/s320/pink+hyacinths.jpg)
hyacinth
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pink starflower buds
![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_usir0ef8Y7k/SBFlb8cE6oI/AAAAAAAAATk/6_qaG49BrhA/s320/grape+hyacynth.jpg)
grape hyacinth
![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_usir0ef8Y7k/SBFlU8cE6nI/AAAAAAAAATc/yM5VNxh_DBQ/s320/daffodils.jpg)
daffodils
![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_usir0ef8Y7k/SBFlK8cE6mI/AAAAAAAAATU/c5Aaxt3M3oY/s320/bluebell.jpg)
blue spring flowers
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blue starflowers
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blue starflower buds
![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_usir0ef8Y7k/SBF0IccE65I/AAAAAAAAAU8/AQ2uh2q0v3Y/s320/tulip.jpg)
tulip
![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_usir0ef8Y7k/SBFz_ccE64I/AAAAAAAAAU0/icluOnIYGaU/s320/more+pink+primrose.jpg)
pink primrose
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_usir0ef8Y7k/SBFz5McE63I/AAAAAAAAAUs/9yyIFyE8JpA/s320/more+blue+primrose.jpg)
blue primrose
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_usir0ef8Y7k/SBFzxscE62I/AAAAAAAAAUk/yqq-oYjyaK8/s320/daffodil2.jpg)
daffodil
![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_usir0ef8Y7k/SBF5d8cE7CI/AAAAAAAAAWE/eSD6xNnovKE/s320/crocuses.jpg)
more crocuses
And its exciting to see the hope of things to come . . . good eats . . .
raspberries
strawberries
rhubarb
chives
And more flowers . . . on their way . . .
![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_usir0ef8Y7k/SBF4E8cE7BI/AAAAAAAAAV8/nkEmdr-zs54/s320/poppies.jpg)
poppies
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_usir0ef8Y7k/SBF37scE7AI/AAAAAAAAAV0/pf1DzUoWp_s/s320/hollyhocks.jpg)
hollyhocks
![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_usir0ef8Y7k/SBF3xccE6_I/AAAAAAAAAVs/wKaCv9HltXg/s320/fairy+flowers.jpg)
fairy flowers (columbine)
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more common columbine
There’s still work to do . . .
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And I don’t even want to think about what to do with this after the construction last year . . . .
![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_usir0ef8Y7k/SBF7bccE7FI/AAAAAAAAAWc/BQJ7XTWugOY/s320/roots+two.jpg)
Ya think this tree is going to live?
That’s pieces of its roots.
![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_usir0ef8Y7k/SBF7kccE7GI/AAAAAAAAAWk/uhJvrz2CEpw/s320/tree+roots.jpg)
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_usir0ef8Y7k/SBF7tscE7HI/AAAAAAAAAWs/Nm1FtRZ4-zA/s320/muddy+footprints.jpg)
Somehow, I don’t think this grass is coming in.
![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_usir0ef8Y7k/SBF70ccE7II/AAAAAAAAAW0/KE2_dBX6faE/s320/gravel+2.jpg)
They could have at least left some soil!