Springtime in western Illinois

We came home from a weekend away to find a heavy wet snow cover.  The snow seemed 8 or 9 inches deep in the road next to the garden.  Our van became stuck in our lane and we had to walk the last 200 yards to the house through the deep snow.  I guess we will need to hire someone to plow the lane free of snow, though the snow will probably all melt by Friday when we are to have temperatures finally approaching normal and into the 50s.

It was a heavy wet snow that stuck to everything.  Very pretty, but I'd rather have Spring.

Snow covers the grapes and the woods behind the garden.

Snow covers the young lilac bushes that border the garden fence on the East.  Several of these bushes had buds that were starting to show green.  Hope the cold weather and snow doesn't bother them.

Snow covers the tractor and equipment and forest trees.

I did receive my last packet of tomatoes -- one variety was back ordered -- and got it planted this evening, though two weeks after the other tomato varieties which are already up and starting to develop their first true leaves.