Sunday, May 3, 2020

05-03-2020 Springtime temps, finally!

For the first time in several years, I held my tomato planting till a couple of days ago. Those high 30s morning temps are not much to their liking.
On the plus side, COVD-19 keeps me in the garden way more than a normal year does.

Flowers have been happy with the cooler weather and so have I:




























Doing his best to attract the females!

Well it works!





Blackberries look bountiful this year!


Sunday, March 29, 2020

03-29-2020 Summer heat AND pollen!

Thermometer jumping up to 85 F/33C a little early in the season but that's what we have and that's what we'll live with:

Chinese Wisteria (No, not from Wuhan!)


Solomon's seal and black bamboo

Coral Honeysuckle. 

Silver Dollars after market crash.

Bird's nest in apple blossom.
Blueberries. 





Future tomatoes




When your kale goes wild in summer heat.



Friday, March 13, 2020

03-13-2020 A little hope

On a day, week, month that so many have been wallowing in Coronavirus, it is time to retire to that little piece of land where flowers are slowly heralding spring: