Slowly, but surely, we’re managing to clear out the snow. As of last week, enough snow had melted that I could see at least the top 6 inches of every fence post where the deepest snow fell over the winter – and it’s gotten better almost every day since. Just to give you an idea – the fence posts are all approximately 48-50 inches tall. The garden is still covered in 8 – 12 inches of slowly receding snow. I was glad the strawberries, garlic, etc were buried under 3 feet of snow when it was 20 below, as it should have protected them from freezing out, but now it’d be nice if it was gone. But, judging by the latest soil temperature report from GreenCastOnline.com, we’ve still got a ways to go.

We’re in the deep purple in the upper right hand corner – a soil temp of approximately 25 degrees. Still, that hasn’t stopped Pip from finding a south slope and taking in some early spring sun.

The only thing missing from that shot is some green grass – I’m hoping one good thunderstorm brings it in a hurry.