FORSYTHIA

 
Not much going on in the gardens here, still too wet and mucky from recent heavy rains. It drives me crazy to not be able to work outside when the temps are in the seventies and eighties! Anyway the forsythia has been amazing beautiful this year!

THE GARDEN IS WAKING UP

The garden is waking up from it's winter nap. There is lot's to do,between cool snaps and rains. The fish in my pond have been very active and very hungry lately. One of them is suspiciously plump-maybe little ones on the way?

DAFFODILS

Due to the unusually warm-almost hot weather we have been having, most of the daffodils have bloomed out. There will be a few later ones of course, but for our area they are almost gone. Now we can look forward to the phlox and dogwood, etc.

WHAT'S BLOOMING?

WELL, THE DAFFODILS AND NARCISSUS ARE BEGINNING TO BLOOM, SO WHAT'S A GIRL TO DO? MAKE AN ARRANGEMENT OF COURSE! THE LITTLE PURPLE FLOWERS ARE A TYPE OF HYACINTH-A REALLY OLD ONE THAT SMELLS HEAVENLY.

FIRST SIGNS OF SPRING

MY DAFFODILS ARE BEGINNING TO BLOOM, AREN'T THEY BEAUTIFUL? I NEED TO GO OUT AND PICK A BIG BOUQUET, I JUST SNATCHED THESE AS I WAS ON MY WAY IN LAST NIGHT. A LOT OF THE TREES ARE REALLY BUDDING OUT, BUT I KNOW WE WILL HAVE MORE COLD WEATHER. I SEE PEOPLE AT WAL MART BUYING PLANTS AND I JUST SHAKE MY HEAD-IT IS NOT SPRING JUST YET!

PLANNING FOR SPRING

The Master Gardeners got together this afternoon to start planning for our spring plant sale and garden show. We will have GREEN THUMBS IN THE PARK on April 29 this year.There will be educational programs,etc-tell you details later. It is nice to look forward to warmer weather and gardening season again, espescially when there is snow outside.

COLD WEATHER TAKES IT'S TOLL

THE COLD WEATHER WE HAVE HAD THIS WINTER HAS KILLED MY HUGE ROSEMARY BUSH THAT I HAVE HAD FOR YEARS. BETWEEN THE SOGGY GROUND AND THE COLD WE HAVE HAD THIS WINTER, WE WILL PROBABLY LOSE SEVERAL THINGS IN OUR GARDENS.WE CAN'T WORRY ABOUT IT, FOR EVERYTHING THERE IS A SEASON AS THE GOOD BOOK SAYS. JUST REPLANT AND THINK OF IT AS HELPING STIMULATE THE ECONOMY BY BUYING MORE.