When I woke up this morning (I slept in — luxury!), I noticed there were white spots all over the medlar. Sure enough, it’s in bloom all of a sudden! And the snowball bush has REAL snowballs again (though still a bit green). And the viburnum my neighbor planted in the gap in our hedgerow: […]
Tag: plants
Yup, Spring!
The termites are flying. Big, ungainly, black, ant-like, winged reminders of the real rulers of the earth. I don’t mind them any more, but when I was a child, I was quite “freaked out” the first time I saw them. They mean SPRING is really here — life is looking for places to appear, the […]
More Garden Pics
These were actually taken the day after the tree pics, but I am only just getting them pulled together! It has been a busy week (again). These first two are the pretty Lewisia in the stidkid’s rock garden. Later in the year, they stop blooming and the plants in the cement blocks begin. And this […]
SPRING!!!!
Yep. Real flowers, my yard, blooming. So far, just here and there, a bit of yellow, red or pink — but they’re on the way! In order, the redflowering currant (which actually has fuschia-pink blooms), red primroses in the grass, and my daffodils beginning to bloom under the medlar tree. THIS is good!
Not too soon to think: SPRING!
YES! It is that time of year again! Time to prune, dormant spray, and plan for additions that go in once the spring has warmed enough to support root growth. Today was VERY cold in the morning. Around eleven, when I went out for the second time to the local school there were only two […]