Today we have an appointment to have our new fiber optic cable connected.  

 

For the past few days we have had no internet, so I have been doing everything using my phone.  It will be so nice to get back to normal.  And it will be faster.  

 

See you soon.

 

 

HAPPY ALMOST SPRING!!!

 

Years ago my friend gave me a bunch of bulbs from her garden.  And every year in March they send up these delightful little flowers, Grape hyacinths.  They are only about 4 inches high, but there are about 50 of them in my wild garden.  

 

And I always think of Sandra when they bloom.

 

 

HAPPY ALMOST SPRING!!!

 

As we walked into the Walmart garden center, we saw all these beautiful pansies.

 

Jon laughed and said, “Look, deer food.”

 

We don’t even bother planting pansies anymore.  But I sure love seeing them.  

 

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!

 

I promised you a picture of the Oregon Grape, Mahonia, at Meeks Park.  Here it is.

 

This is a typical silhouette for Mahonia, narrow at the bottom and wider at the top.  This one is about 7 feet tall, and as wide.  And the best part is that it lives right on the main trail in the Park, so we get to see it every time we walk there.

 

It is blooming now, looking beautiful and smelling divine.

 

 

Gorgeous clusters of yellow flowers all over.  

 

Yep, I’m happy.

 

 

HAPPY ALMOST SPRING!!!

 

Remember I told you that I planted seeds for pink celery?  I planted them on February 9th.  

 

They seemed to take forever to germinate, even on the heat mats.  I almost gave up on them,  but one day last week when we took all the flats outside for a little sunshine, I noticed these tiny sprouts.  

 

We’ll see what happens.  I hope they grow.

 

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!

 

Aren’t they cute?  These are leek seedlings that we planted on February 9th.  They are no bigger than blades of grass, so I have to be really careful after they go in the garden.  If I’m not careful, I could “weed them out.”  

 

Then I’d have to start over.

 

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!

 

I planted seeds back in May of last year;  seeds of Purple Sprouting Broccoli.  The catalog said that they are spring sprouting, so you have to keep them alive over the winter.  Then in March they will start sprouting.

 

It’s happening!!!  They are sprouting purple broccoli!!!  All along the stem.

 

After I took this picture, I clipped out the main sprout to encourage the others to grow.

 

How exciting!!!

 

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!

 

Even though they just got up potted into 6-packs, the Chinese Cabbage is ready to up pot again.  I put them into 4 inch pots and back under the lights, and there they will stay until I can get them out into the garden.  

 

Honestly, they could go into the garden now, but it is a lot easier to keep them watered in pots.  So I will let them grow into the 4 inch pots, then put them in the garden.  Don’t want to rush anybody.

 

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!

 

 

 

The Zeitfeld (Time Field) clock installation by Klaus Rinke is seen at a park in Düsseldorf, Germany, in 2019.
Maja Hitij/Getty Images

 

 

Here’s the straight skinny from The Farmers Almanac:

 

 

I thought the history was kinda interesting.

 

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!

 

I thought you’d like to know that the Bradford Pears are full out blooming!!!  This one is in Mark and Karen’s driveway, looking absolutely beautiful, and we’ve seen others on our daily walks.

 

We haven’t driven out of the neighborhood this week, but we could see the ones on the main road from the top of the mountain when we took our walk yesterday, and they are beautiful and bright white too.

 

We love seeing all the Bradford Pears in bloom.

 

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!