This was a pleasant sight a couple mornings ago. I planted these in Fall of 2021, nothing came up last Spring. I figured our heavy clay soil had gotten the better of them, so I was pleasantly surprised to see them one morning before work.
I did my second round of seeds this morning, after doing a little light work outside. The snow is finally gone from the entire backyard, so I went out and de-scatted the back corner. Based on volume, it must have been a deer highway over the winter.
I also took the leaf mulch off the front bed, so the perennials there can find the sun. It’s still not really warm enough to move most of the yard detritus (I don’t want to disturb anything that’s still sleeping), but I made an exception for that bed.