3-4-12 Finally some real rain!

After several days of bare drizzle and some gorgeously beautiful sunny days, we finally got close to 1and1/2 inch of rain. The kind needed for the garden and our water sources. I noticed the other day that Falls Lake was low for this time of year.

The lettuce I transplanted recently is looking good while the escaroles have reached their last stretch.

Radishes have emerged but they are spring impatient seeds, they germinate faster than anything else.

Buds on the fig trees and oriental pears are swelling, ready to burst.





On the down side, a squirrel has chosen my front yard tulip bed as its personal salad bar, robbing some pretty blooms. Squirrels call tulip buds delicacies; some people call those rodents cute I call them hoodlums.