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Spring is here, which means it's usually a great time to plant a garden, but unpredictable weather like last week's snow storm can be a setback.

Alice Smith, who lives in Forest Grove, says she wasn't able to plant her carrots, but all the extra water will help the rest of her garden.

"It was not a nice few days. But the moisture's most certainly welcome," Smith said. "Where it's slush instead of a hard rain, it's going to soak into the ground so that part will be good."

Even though the weather has been all over the place, Sam Weber, the assistant store manager at Home Depot, said so far they've had a great spring gardening season.

"Color is a big thing right now, but we sell a ton of trees. It's Great Falls, we're on the frontage so we don't have a lot of trees, so we do real well in tree sales," Weber said.

While they weren't selling trees the day of the storm, they were still pretty busy.

"The snow kind of affected the planting season out here but we sold a ton of generators. We had that power outage a couple days ago so a lot of people came in and bought a lot of generators," Weber said.

The storm kept Great Falls resident David Walker from planting vegetables but he has been able to plant a few things. "We've been planting some trees and some grass while it's nice and wet," Walker said.

He's waiting until June to plant everything else when it gets a little warmer.

As for Alice, she's giving the vegetables a rest and looking to brighten things up.

"I have a couple flower beds at the house and I want to put some things in my planters. I think some of these are pretty. And they're hearty enough that they'll be okay."

Weber said people who are planting spring color need to keep a careful eye on the weather to keep everything alive.