Monday, May 23, 2011

Update 05-23-11

May showers bringing more May flowers! I hope to get some animal pictures posted soon.

Here's a lettuce seedling that I planted last week


Kale seedlings from the same time.


Here's the kale I started inside.


We have wild strawberries,

and domestic ones, too!

A flowering pear tree that we planted last year is now blooming.


Lettuce in the cold frame.


Spinach in the cold frame.


Our tulips finally bloomed!


Here's another one.


Daddy's bleeding heart is also blooming.


Dewy tulip.


Creeping Phlox blooming. It grew through compost -- probably helping it bloom.


Here's a bloom from the flowering cherry that was here when we got the property.


And a narcissus,

Forsythia,

Grape Hyacinths,


and the John Deere!!

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Update 05-10-11

"April showers bring May flowers!" Here are some pictures:

The willows are starting to weep!


Our jasmine is flowering inside.


Daddy planted potatoes in trenches this year.


He also planted peas.


While I was uncovering our strawberries, I ran into this Northern Red-bellied snake. Apparently they eat slugs and bugs, and there were a lot around it, so it must've been feasting.


New raspberry shoots are coming up!


I uncovered the strawberries and they're coming up as well!


Spinach in the cold frame.


Sweet William has come back.


Mama planted these two years ago. They came up around the trees like fairy rings.


There are also some scilia from before we moved here.

Radish in the cold frame!
Hopefully I'll get more pictures of the animals later.