I'm the worst at marking what I plant where. I always figure I'll remember and I never learn. About 5 years ago I found a packet of Crocus sieberi on deep discount, just dried up little corms. These are a species crocus native to Crete and although they aren't show stopping, they are different from the "regular" species crocus and from the big later flowering crocus. They are a soft violet color with white at the base of each flower's cup and a bright yellow center. The yellow is really obvious when you look at the outside of the flower. I originally planted this handful of corms in the Driveway Border and they did come up and eventually flower but they were nearly invisible when everything else started to come up. So I moved them. Somewhere. But where? 
I've been looking for them for the past couple of years and today, hallelujah, I found them. They are up and blooming beautifully in the Rock Garden, under the weeping mulberry. And...even better...there are now two tidy clumps of them, so they probably bloomed last year and I overlooked them, thinking they were the regular species crocus. My hens must have scratched out a few of the corms and they re-rooted a bit further down the slope. I'm tickled.
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It looks like it's going to be a good year for my miniature daffodils too. I'm seeing their bright little trumpets all over the place. I'm not positive of the variety because I got them originally as pass-alongs from a florist shop after they had faded and were being tossed out. But whatever they are, they are fussy. They multiply like crazy and as soon as they form a clump they "go blind" or stop blooming. I'm constantly having to lift and divide them, which isn't terrible but it is a bit of a bother considering how long regular daffs can go without much effort.
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I know this sounds like next to nothing, but I made more progress on the Folly Wall today than I have in a long while because I got 20 bricks mortared into place along the south side of the "door jamb" between the two raised beds. I'm hoping to get another 20 or so done tomorrow, then finish up the south door jamb on Friday. Since this is a tall skinny stack of bricks (only two bricks wide), I don't want to go too high all at once because I am not sure if wet mortar will hold that well that high. So I figure do it in stages, let the mortar set, and then I don't run the risk of the whole thing toppling over!
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Started my celery seeds today. I also went ahead and moved the brassicas, hardy hibiscus, and shasta daisy seedlings into the greenhouse. Our overnites aren't supposed to go to freezing for the next week at least, so I think they'll do well. I covered the flats with fleece for night, just to be safe. With the GH re-covered and weathertight, the temperature inside was about 8 degrees warmer than outside, despite it being a rainy, heavily overcast day.
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