What a lovely post full of the promise of spring flowers! I love the photos of your rain-soaked garden and your beautiful descriptions of the plants. I have more plants to bring you in May! I just potted them up for you today so hopefully they will be happy and healthy for transplanting.
So sorry to hear about the birdbath! Hope you find the perfect one you love. I have a vintage metal one here. I'll try to post a photo.
The rain held off until after 1 pm today so I managed to get a lot of work done in my vegetable garden! Planted more kale seeds (damn squirrel got into the first planting!) and put up a fence around them. Also planted a few potatoes, and some sunflower seeds (Autumn Beauty and Italian White), Harlequin marigolds, and some nigella/love in a mist. I also cleared the weeds from my strawberries and moved a few plants around. The daffodils I planted outside the community garden fence are blooming! I'll still have a lot to do when I get home from my trip but I'm glad I was able to get started!
The flower gardens here have lots of green showing! Things are coming up fast with the warm weather we had this week. Not much blooming here (only partial sun) but soon there will be color and fragrance a plenty! Spring's beauty will be a sorely-needed balm this year.
I am thrilled you shared the Gladys Taber books with me!!! I think I'll bring 'Stillmeadow Calendar' to read on the plane this week, in case I can't get any writing done. Her writing is just beautiful, so simple yet so evocative, it's some of the most sensual and profound nature writing I've ever seen. Nothing lofty, just honest reactions to all she sees and smells and touches...and how these sights and places connect to her wider world. Nature is part of her life every day! oh how I wish this was true for more people...I sometimes wonder if we might become kinder and better people if we spent more time in nature. I know that even a few hours spent outdoors helps me feel so much better in times of stress and sadness. I shall endeavor to do this more! I'm thankful to have gardens to work and play in.
What a lovely post full of the promise of spring flowers! I love the photos of your rain-soaked garden and your beautiful descriptions of the plants. I have more plants to bring you in May! I just potted them up for you today so hopefully they will be happy and healthy for transplanting.
So sorry to hear about the birdbath! Hope you find the perfect one you love. I have a vintage metal one here. I'll try to post a photo.
The rain held off until after 1 pm today so I managed to get a lot of work done in my vegetable garden! Planted more kale seeds (damn squirrel got into the first planting!) and put up a fence around them. Also planted a few potatoes, and some sunflower seeds (Autumn Beauty and Italian White), Harlequin marigolds, and some nigella/love in a mist. I also cleared the weeds from my strawberries and moved a few plants around. The daffodils I planted outside the community garden fence are blooming! I'll still have a lot to do when I get home from my trip but I'm glad I was able to get started!
The flower gardens here have lots of green showing! Things are coming up fast with the warm weather we had this week. Not much blooming here (only partial sun) but soon there will be color and fragrance a plenty! Spring's beauty will be a sorely-needed balm this year.
I am thrilled you shared the Gladys Taber books with me!!! I think I'll bring 'Stillmeadow Calendar' to read on the plane this week, in case I can't get any writing done. Her writing is just beautiful, so simple yet so evocative, it's some of the most sensual and profound nature writing I've ever seen. Nothing lofty, just honest reactions to all she sees and smells and touches...and how these sights and places connect to her wider world. Nature is part of her life every day! oh how I wish this was true for more people...I sometimes wonder if we might become kinder and better people if we spent more time in nature. I know that even a few hours spent outdoors helps me feel so much better in times of stress and sadness. I shall endeavor to do this more! I'm thankful to have gardens to work and play in.