First Fertilizer Friday of Spring!

Spring has started off nicely around here with several days up in the 60's. I had a little time to get some gardening done while it was nice, now we are back to rain which is very normal for us this time of year. I've taken the lids off of several of the wintersowing containers that either have perennials or annuals like Nigella and Larkspur that I know can handle any more cold we get.
A couple of days ago I planted a new rose 'Tamora' in an area that I've been wanting to add more roses to. The dirt in that area was pretty bad, but over the years I've been adding more and more compost which seems to have helped quite a bit. I worked in lots more compost around the planting spot for the rose. Then it was time to water it in. When I went to turn the water on that goes to the outdoor faucet I heard a very strange noise. As I walked outside to turn the faucet on I knew something didn't seem right. Walking back into the garage I saw water pouring from the ceiling and down through the wall. We had two weeks of record breaking cold back in December and we think that whatever water was left in the pipe must have frozen and cracked the pipe, but we didn't discover it until I turned the water on that flows through it to the outdoor faucet. We are lucky that there was a valve to turn the water off where the pipe comes off the water main and nothing was damaged. Looks like we have another project for the to do list, but luckily the soldering skills we learned this winter will come in handy for it.
Now for the good things going on around here:

These are my indoor seedlings. I don't usually start too much inside because of lack of space, but I do enjoy starting a least some. Here there are tomatoes, Morning Glory, Cleome, Verbascum, Nicotiana, Hibiscus, Amaranthus, Butterfly flower, Lupine and more. The only one that I'm having trouble with are the Morning Glories which germinate and then rot within a couple of days.

I've started two types of tomatoes; 'Black Krim' and 'Tigerella'. I really need to pot these up and see if I can separate a few seedlings.

The Amaranthus 'Love Lies Bleeding' has the prettiest colored seedlings. They germinated very quickly.

Lupines are doing pretty well. Not too many germinated, but I seem to remember that being a problem before too. I did nick all the seeds before I planted them.

Outdoors Daphne 'Summer Ice' is making the backyard smell delicious. This will bloom all summer and into the fall. I was happy to see it sent up a new plant which I'm letting get a little bigger before I try moving it.

Tulips have just started blooming. I planted these many years ago and they continue to bloom every year, where as others bloom one year and then never return. I'm glad these are the ones that return though, I love the coloring of them.

Visit Tootsie to see who else is "flaunting their flowers" this Fertilizer Friday.
It seems like once it's Spring it gets even busier around here and I haven't had a lot of time to visit very many blogs, but I will try to get to visit more over the next few days.