“April, the angel of the months, the young love of the year.”  – Vita Sackville-West I like this quote and it is from one of my favorite people so I thought that would be a nicer title than my first choice - "Spreading Manure".  Spreading manure is how I spent most of the weekend. What a beautiful weekend it has been. The garden is all of a sudden wide awake with no remnants of winter left. I drove out to South Ridge Farms  in Ridgefield on Friday and got a load of horse manure and later went back for another. Beautiful stuff - Some of my favorite plants in the garden now... My favorite lavender is 'Platinum Blonde'. It has never bloomed that much but the foliage more than makes up for that... Magnolia 'Fairy White' - a new series of magnolias. I thought I would keep this in a pot but I am having second thoughts. I'd love to find a place in the ground. I'm looking and thinking... Podophyllum 'Spotty Dotty' is just an amazing plant and looks be...