What's Up? March 22nd

Hello Gardeners,
In this edition of "What's Up?" I just had to include the wild fawn lilies that are our pride and joy here on the coast. Thanks to a friendly lily-seed-collector, I planted about 200 seeds six years ago on my own lot, through shade paths and round the park, and was surprised to see them flower this year; but only those that were seeded in a shaft of sunlight. They don't take much light, but they do take some. Ah ha. Doh.

In the big DIGS garden, of course the rhubarb, garlic, mache and cabbage are up, but have you seen how much healthy leafing there is on the raspberry canes? Check it out in the collage below. Click to make big, and then use back button to return here.
Lovely colours!


I also sprouted a flat full of spinach seeds which I put in our tiny greenhouse.
Ah Spring!! Springs eternal!
And down by the beach on Smuggler's, G. and I saw what looked like a mini-beaver. Was it some new kind of tree-chewing woodchuck that was building a tiny dam near the bridge by the stream? It was small, brown, and ran into a cave on the beach.


Seriously, it looked like a muskrat/beaver:What animal was it? It was definitely smaller than a breadbox.


Oh and while you're answering that burning woodland-creature question, do please contribute your own photos and definitely join this blog as a fellow-garden-blogger!!

Obviously I need help here with not only gardening, but Hinterland Who's Who?
hahahahhaa!
Best,
Jen

P.S. Was it an otter (but a baby one) or a mink?
Mink:


Otter: