So the Willow tree on the lake is flushing beautiful lime green leaves. The daffodils are swaying with the breeze and I'm pretty sure we may have said good-bye to winter. Now you know we say this and then we will have a hard frost or freeze in the middle of April right when we decide to bring in thousands of tender annuals. But today, we won't speak of it.

Since summer feels like it is knocking on our door, Scott asked Alexa tonight when is daylight savings. She answered March 12 at 2am and then continued to give a lot more detail than we asked for. If I had stopped to listen, I would tell you. But I didn't. You can ask her and see what she says.

Since its only 3 weeks away, life will be right with the world again. I don't know why I dread it being dark at 5:30pm. Some people really like the long, dark evenings but I am not friends with them so I'm unable to offer a reasonable explanation or at least one I understand.

Speaking of explanations and understanding things, Scott and I celebrated 32 years last week. Thirty-two years. That is 11,688 days including the Leap Days. I know someone is doing the math right now. In fact, I can tell you that Scott will do the math. He would also say something like, "And we have had four good years." And I would roll my eyes and say, "Four? That many?" This is how we show affection and love.

"How do you work together every day?" is the question we are asked the most. When we have an answer, we will let you know. Right now not only do we work together but we started taking dance lessons. Blink, blink. I kid you not. We are learning the waltz, foxtrot and swing. The instructor says, "It's muscle memory and like driving a car." Has she even seen Scott's driving? I'm supposed to let him lead. He stops when it's time to make a change because the wall is right there but he doesn't know what the change will be. And I'm supposed to wait. Are you serious? He even has dance shoes now: the cute little black lace up shoes. I'm waiting on my shoes because it takes a while for the Sasquatch size to come in because I have very long feet. But back to if you can imagine, we are taking dance lessons. LOL.

If you have not done something like this with your partner, it is worth a few lessons. If not for anything else but the laughs. And it may teach you if you are controlling or docile, if you make decisions quickly or overthink and if you can follow the simplest of instructions.

But maybe you already know the answers to this. We have plants for the controlling and docile, the impulsive and overthinkers and we even offer instructions with each plant. If dancing isn't your thing, make plants your thing. I will say plants are easier. Fact.

We're rolling into spring ready to help you dig in and we rolled out our new Delivery & Installation program at the Garden Center!

If you've thought about tackling a small area but aren't sure if you can do it yourself, let us do the digging for you.

You pick, we plant. It's that simple.

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Fee is $15/person; includes a jar of natural pest deterrent.

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Instructor: Alfredo Salkeld, Buddha Bee Apiary

Fee is $75/person; includes all workshop materials you’ll need to create your very own bonsai, an introductory bonsai book, a detailed after care guide for your new tree, and light hors d’oeuvres.

Instructor: Ken Hallatt, owner of Carolina Bonsai

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Step right into a magical garden in your own backyard! Our in-house designers are ready to guide you through the process, and we are booking design consultations for March and April.

Whether it's a gorgeous landscape make-over, edible gardens, paver patio, walkways or gorgeous stone patios and firepits, we can dream with you!

Don't delay scheduling - spring has sprung!

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