Momentum

Time is fleeting! I seem to have less and less of it lately. I have been meaning to journal for two weeks now without sucess so today I am taking advantage of the lazy day! The men folk are fishing, the ladies are napping and I finally have some time......finally. So much has changed in the last 15 or so days. Early tulips are done blooming, columbines are starting to pop, as well as the many iris's. The asparagas harvest is over and now the radishes, parsley, mints and cold frame lettuce are in full swing. The tomatoes, peppers, broccoli and alpine strawberries have been patiently waiting to be planted..... and I plan on doing that tonight - I promise! It has been so cold and rainy the last few days, feeling more like april than the end of May. Thats ok, I'll just put milk jugs over the peppers and egg plant until further notice! But enough with words, I'll let mama nature tell you whats going on in her neck of the woods.

Doing pretty good ready to be planted
with warm season crops

The peas are finally catching on hopfully it
doesn't get too hot too soon for them!



Leaf lettuce, by the time it gets too warm,
 the peas will shade them



Kale





We'll have strawberries soon!



Chives, sweet melissa, fennel, parsley



Tomatoes, Peppers, Verbena, Broccoli,
Eggplants, and Alpine Strawberries

Bunch o' radishes

These radishes were spicey lil buggers!

Diamond posing by the deck

Same spot by the deck a week and
a half later

Allium

Same Alliun a week and a half later

Miniature Iris

Giant Yellow Iris

Giant Yellow Iris.
Looks kind of like a basset hound to me!



A little bee collecting some pollen

Fancy Columbine with Star of Bethleham in the background



Black Barlow Columbine



Lilacs! Lilacs! Lilacs!

Wind Flower

Sea Thrift

My three late Tulips, 3 feet tall!

Fringy Tulip

Pasque Anemonie

The Great Basselope foraging for grass.....

Caught!

Not from my yard, but pretty none the less!

What a difference a week makes!

I am one of those people who love to garden not for the end result but for the birth of new life. I love spring with an undying passion. So much happens within those first few weeks, and if you blink you have missed it. Leaf buds begin to unfurl, bushy green foliage pops, and little shoots begin to emerge. This excites me to no end. Every day I peruse around the yard to see what is new, snapping pictures here and there to capture a moment, because as I said before, if you blink that moment is gone, lost to change. Thankfully, I was finally able to spend a full day out in the yard last Sunday. I spent the whole day sowing seeds, watering, pruning and cleaning out the rest of the flowerbeds. I even came inside later that night with my first sunburn of the season, evidence of a day well spent.

Last Sunday the buds on the trees were barely a wisp but within one week, they have burst forth small but perfect leaves that are already beginning to shade the yard. The oak tree is a little slow going, but that's ok. Violets are blossoming all over the yard, it is so nice to see their happy little faces! My Tulips have opened up to beautiful shades of pink and red and the magnolia's blossoms are starting to slip out of their fuzzy green sheaths.  

Tight green buds on the tulips.....

But one week later look what happened!

Soaking in the warm sun.......

In one week everything has doubled in size
and gotten greener

Peas and radishes have yet to emerge.......

One week later!