Temps here last week were in the 80s, so everything started really popping up and blooms pooping open. Very nice today too. Worked in the garden this morning wearing shorts and a tank top and my favorite flip-flops. So nice. I let My Girls out for an hour this morning to scratch around and eat bugs and grass. They have begun to lay eggs again and need the new grass to stimulate their egg production. They followed me around, clucking happily and singing their little sighing songs. So cute! The Jane Magnolia tree's flower buds have suddenly begun to swell and there are three flowers beginning to open. I sniffed one and oh, that sweet, one-of-a-kind fragrance! The honeybees and Hummingbird moths are out in droves today supping nectar from the purple Henbit flowers in the grass and visiting all the flowering shrubs. I've even seen butterflies for the past two weeks. Tulips preparing to bloom and hundreds of yellow jonquils, daffodils and purple Muscari Grape Hyacinths are blooming. Hostas and Peonies are poking their noses up through the soft earth and looking good. I could go on and on... The weather radio report yesterday predicts there will be lows in the mid-thirties in the next few days, dropping down into the low-20s on Friday night. Ain't that just DUCKY! If that happens, even if it is just for one night or one hour, I will surely bid a fond but sad farewell to most, if not all, of this year's spring flowers. .I can just kiss the Apricots goodbye...again...for a second year. It will spoil all the new tender growth on the roses and send all the little seedlings popping up in the garden to coldest Purgatory, Glad I didn't set out the Cole crops and onion sets. Unreal

Yea!!!! I have all kinds of tulips and perennials coming up and yes, I squished a slug baby...but my hostas are still sleeping...but, then again I have only cleaned up (removed the leaves and raked back the mulch from the crowns) from about 1/8 of the hosta beds, if that. I hope to get to that today when there is a break from the rain. It is supposed to get near 70 today here. I'm sure between the rain and warmer temps, I'll be seeing noses soon too! Yippeeeee! Char

I don't know if I have a great answer, but I will tell you what I do and what the consensus is from the things I have read. If you are just planting a small amount of crimson clover, you can drop the seed into the bermuda by hand or small spreader and then scrape it pretty good with a rake or similar to make the seed sink down and come in contact with dirt. The bermuda needs to be mowed as short as possible before seeding. Don't seed until it will get water. and I would probably wait until the end of September or first couple of weeks of October if the bermuda is thick. If you are planting a lot, some type of harrow will be good to get the seed in contact with the soil. Mine grows very well in my bermuda, but I only have a few small areas of bermuda since my lawn is more than an acre of old pasture and since I have never encouraged bermuda since we built the house. Also, my bermuda is usually is poor shape in September since I don't water it. In some places people plant it in late winter. The experts here think around October 1 is best. It can be earlier if you know it will get enough water, and later if you are in an area (such as the middle of the city) where you will not get a hard freeze in the first few weeks from planting.

Lol!!! My husband came home last night, looked around and burst out laughing. I have been adament about the house staying clean, doing my FlyLady thing and fussing at anyone who dared wear their dirty shoes in the house. Well, I kept running in and out yesterday so Michael's little mud-loving paw prints were everywhere. The mail was thrown on the table, notes were scattered, gloves and hat are on the kitchen counter, the front porch is a disaster area. In my defense, I did get up at 4 this morning to get the place spiffed up again. The laundry is almost done, dinner is in the crock pot and I'm heading back out in a few minutes to mess it all up again :) The key for gardeners - mandatory cleaning is only during rain. Unless, of course, the power goes out. There are much better things to do on a dark, rainy night than clean!