May be strawberries

It’s the first little sign of my Alpine strawberries making little fruits. Isn’t it cute?

The mystery of the seed packets

It’s that time of year when I look over the racks of seeds in the store thinking, Ooh I want those. But don’t I already have some cleome seeds around somewhere? Even when I look through my collection of seeds at home, I still can’t shake that feeling. Today, not only this mystery but another […]

Lilac Sunday

Now is the time when the lilacs take over from the daffodils for providing the sweet scent of spring.

Meanwhile, on the ground

What I consider my ground covers are doing their thing. Since I want the violets where they are, they’re not weeds, they’re wildflowers. The ajuga come from a six pack that I planted years ago, and after much coddling are finally looking good. The strawberries are only a couple years old, and happily spreading. This […]

In which I persist in posting pictures of flowers

The bulbs are the harbingers of spring, but Bleeding Heart is one of those flowers that says full on, unequivocal Spring is here. This one has gotten bigger over the years, survived a move, and gotten even bigger. It’s almost big enough to look nice in a photo, but somehow the camera still doesn’t capture […]

Still admiring apple blossoms

I spent the day trucking about, so I barely have energy left for admiring the blossoms climbing up that little apple tree. Who cares if it fruits? These are pretty enough. Sleep and grow well, little apple tree.

In which I enjoy my spring green collards

I got my spring harvest of collards today. Just in time, as they are about to bolt into shoots of skinny broccolini style flowers. I would have gotten them a lot sooner, but the turkeys got them first. Just the same, all four plants survived. I found plenty of leaves to gather, and the greens […]

Mullein slain

So here’s a weed that’s a bit easier to deal with than the Evil One. Mulleins. Notice the trowel poised to remove it. Ignore the tulips and dandelions.

Oh joy, the weeds are up

I shouldn’t get too excited about the bees and the flowers. The Black Swallow-wort is sprouting too, like little green trumpets of war. This is the first one I spotted just a couple days ago. It seemed pretty isolated, but now I’m seeing it everywhere. The annual assault of weeds is on, just as I’ve […]

Apple blossoms for May Day

The apple trees are flowering, and I can’t get enough of how pretty the blossoms are. They begin as red dots that swell to round buds with a pink blush. Both the Macintosh and the Egremont Russet trees that I planted last spring are now opening white flowers. As for the crabapple trees, they are […]