Not quite big enough to cover many private parts, this is the first fig to leaf out this spring. After noticing it and the Clematis, I noticed that today the grapes are into bud break as well as the lilacs.
Hope things hold for me to get back from Nebraska.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Friday, March 20, 2009
First Day of Spring Tulip 2009
A gift from a friend returning from Europe via Amsterdam gave me a great gift today...a blooming tulip on the first day of spring. It is very orange and very small and will be very lonely when this warm weather ends and snow falls tomorrow! Spring in Lake County!
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Peach blossom
The little bud laden peach I bought on Saturday, cold windy day, has begun to blossom in this warm balmy weather...what will it all be like on Friday, the first day of Spring?
Spring Broccoli heads...tiny but delicious
Just going down to the garden to cut these before they all started blooming gave me a great idea for dinner...which sent me flying back up to the kitchen to get out the already cooked pork tenderloin which I had frozen and some leftover rice I had also frozen...tonight a delicious stirfry with these and some broccolini I had bought.
This is one of the many things I love about gardening....inspiration on the spot!
This is one of the many things I love about gardening....inspiration on the spot!
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Garden Gold Miniature Peach buds
I could NOT resist this miniature peach tree. It has been years since I have planted any fruit trees, and on a cold windy day, volunteering at the nursery, it just perked me up.
I planted it in a container and have it very near the rocky creekside so I can monitor it. I may eventually put it in the box where my dwarf fig is now. That poor plant really suffers out there and might like another home. We will see how this does. Around the base of the tree, actually around the edge of the huge pot, I planted a six pack of mesclun mix for my spring salads.
I planted it in a container and have it very near the rocky creekside so I can monitor it. I may eventually put it in the box where my dwarf fig is now. That poor plant really suffers out there and might like another home. We will see how this does. Around the base of the tree, actually around the edge of the huge pot, I planted a six pack of mesclun mix for my spring salads.
Pansy "Whiskers"
This is a small flower that I planted last fall after working at the nursery as a volunteer with the Master Gardeners of Lake County.
It is so vibrant and beautiful...it has really sparked my spring, or almost spring.
It is so vibrant and beautiful...it has really sparked my spring, or almost spring.
Clematis Armandii
One of my earlier bloomers, this vine will be a huge mass of fragrant white five petal stars.
It is slow to bloom this year though but has a lot of buds.
It is slow to bloom this year though but has a lot of buds.
Double Daffodil
It isn't officially spring, and most of my daffs are early ones, but they do make me feel so springy...This double daff is a beauty, and I am considering getting more from Breck's to put in this fall. The only drawback was that when we were having the alternating frosty mornings and warm afternoons, they were having trouble keeping their heads up.
OF course that meant that I was able to cut a couple of lovely bouquets for the house.
OF course that meant that I was able to cut a couple of lovely bouquets for the house.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Willow Bud Break
While reveling in all the daffodils blooming in my garden right now, I noticed a pinkish tinge to trees across the creek. I grabbed the camera and focused in on my huge old willow, and voila! Bud Break had happened!
There are so many plants and flowers breaking out right now that I just hang out and look and have been forgetting to post and document.
We are having freezing mornings and warm into the 70s afternoons and so plants are very conflicted. None of my grapes have tried to leaf out, but my hydrangea is leafing and my lilac is budding. After last year's late killer frost, I worry a bit, but then again, I had the most delicious grapes!
It is all a crap shoot sometimes, gardening in Lake County.
There are so many plants and flowers breaking out right now that I just hang out and look and have been forgetting to post and document.
We are having freezing mornings and warm into the 70s afternoons and so plants are very conflicted. None of my grapes have tried to leaf out, but my hydrangea is leafing and my lilac is budding. After last year's late killer frost, I worry a bit, but then again, I had the most delicious grapes!
It is all a crap shoot sometimes, gardening in Lake County.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Sunday, March 1, 2009
What in the hell?
You might be wondering what on earth a Koala Bear is doing in my garden blog, but it is pouring rain, and I wanted to show him off to a few friends who aren't on facebook...so here he is. Click if you like and you can see him as he appears in a video I just uploaded to facebook.
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