We had a couple days of nice weather, although still very windy. Today I went out on this windy cool day and we now have oak leaves all over in the garden. Did I miss spring and summer? Are we back at fall? No – it turns out oak trees shed their leaves in early spring. Why I have never noticed that before, I do not know 😉
I enjoy all of our daylilies tremendously. I do have a favorite as well. It is an unlikely choice for me based on performance. It has way less blooms than many of our other daylilies. It is orange – which is not my favorite color, even for daylilies. But nevertheless, it remains my favorite. It is our South Seas daylily. We have only one. And it just started showing up this week.
It doesn’t look like much right now, but it is back, and that is the start.
The daylilies are up – barely – and definitely more than one.
And there are more, but you get the idea 🙂
If it doesn’t rain all day tomorrow I may get out for a “coffee ground spreading” lunch. About 1/2 done with that.
Besides the tulip leaves, just the faintest hint of sedum is emerging. More to come, but it is a very welcome start!
It is a late spring this year. But sure as can be, the gardens are starting to emerge. Even without doing any digging I know the ground is thawing because when I come in from doing the early garden prep, my boots have mud on the soles. Ahhh! Dirt! And out of the thawing ground the tulip leaves are up quite a bit in the past few days. Those may or may not bud and bloom. Tulips do not have much year over year blooming power around here. But it is good to see green again!
Could it be? Yes! The first flower of the year! Of course it is a hardy crocus! Yeah for crocuses!!! Or croci. Whichever you prefer, the first flower of the year deserves celebration! Look close 🙂
Happy Easter!
The sun rose to a clear sky this morning.
Grilling out today with family. A day to celebrate!
We seem to be in a holding pattern year. We personally won’t be making any improvements to the townhouse gardens due to the uncertainty on the schedule for the new roof project. First things first. So this year my focus is normal maintenance only. But longer term the landscaping outside the homes that weren’t refreshed two years ago is pending refresh. Rock replacement, trim re-levelling, things like that. I am torn. Should I plan for a more cookie cutter look at the townhouse going forward? Remove a lot of the unique look – bring it elsewhere? We are not in an optimal world right now. Labor was an issue last year, for sure. The garden refresh could be pushed off for even more than a year. So what to do in 2022? Hey, that rhymes 😉
Nothing, for now. Until more is known. Keep enjoying the “little things” – the hostas and daylilies and sedum that make it through the construction, and the planning of things we CAN do. Maybe more up north. Once that snow melts and the ground thaws we can assess those options.
For now, just getting past continual snow and massive winds would be a great start.
Here’s what the garden progression looks like right now. A few things poking up through the ice and snow from our last wave of winter hanging on.
We wait 😉
Winter just won’t totally yield to spring here in Minnesota. It reminds me of a small child who starts to drift off to nap, then wriggles, cries, and tries to stay awake one … more … minute.
Is the solution to just sit quietly and wait until sweet slumber is undeniable?
Do we have a choice?
Up next in the spring garden work is the swap out of seasonal items in the gardens. Since we are getting new roofs at the townhome this year, and the schedule is very much tbd, I will not be putting out many garden decorations there. Things that are sturdy, things I can pull back inside easily will be it. The frogs playing checkers have already found a home. The concrete welcome frog stays inside this year. So that only leaves the frog on the swing and a few little frogs. Good enough. For this year.
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