I got a nice little harvest today, clipping veggies in the rain.

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This is what I saw when I looked outside this morning:


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Between my sprained ankle and the frequent and prolonged heat waves this summer, I have done little if any yardwork beyond sticking a few seedlings into planters. My shed is completely overgrown with vines, the trees need pruning, the shrubs in front of the house are beginning to cover the windows, the neighbors probably all hate me {wry grin}... I ( Read more... )

Weather's warm, and while the early crocuses are past already there are lots more bulbs coming up now: miniature iris, early tulips, and lots of the little blue star-things, scilla and a couple of other types. And the forsythia's blooming, as well as some other early shrubs (Japanese hawthorn? The spiky one with the little white blossoms ( Read more... )