Tag: Spring coming to Minnesota

Waiting, waiting, anticipating

Is it my imagination, or have the bird picked the majority of the small twigs leaving only the larger pieces?

I have seen the cardinals carrying pieces up into the big pine, but the robins don’t seem to be interested in the twigs. They prefer the bird bath.

I should get the shamrocks out. The birds pluck the dead shamrock stems for their nest materials. But the temperatures still are a bit shy of the minimum temperatures. I could keep them up to the house, but I think I’ll wait just a tad more. They always go through a bit of shock, and they are still doing well inside. They can stay in for a bit longer.

Additionally, I am waiting on the new daylilies I planted last fall to show up. I found one has come up when I did my walk about today. It is right next to the parents of prospective “Mahala”. Coincidence?

While I wait, I am seeing daily progress. Not only are the Purple D’Oro transplants up, but so are the Purple D’Oro 3 year seedlings. They appear eager to get going. And fingers crossed, bloom this year.


Time to wake up

Twelve days ago the tulips were the first to pop up out of the ground.  They always are.  It is an incredibly welcome sight.

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The next day I started to see tiny bits of green in the lawn.  Tiny, but unmistakable.  Then I saw the one clump of iris we still have was popping up.

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And the pink asian lilies were popping up.

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Then the robins came to take baths.  And the first hen (duck) arrived.  The next day she came with the drake.  Then I noticed that by 5:30 am the cardinals were already singing.  And the chickadees were starting to look for the hummingbird water.  And the dark-eyed junkos were flocking up.  (I suspect they will be leaving soon.)  And the sedum were popping up …

Today I absolutely had to have my first serious garden day.  Out I went with my gloves on, to trim the sedums I left for the birds this past winter.  Then I picked up the large branches that had come off the linden (very normal).  I left the smaller pieces for the birds to use for their nests.  They do such a nice job of cleaning up!   I was cleaning up the debris around the hostas, and then I saw it … the daylilies are starting to  come up!!!  10 minutes later I got a text from our son’s girlfriend.  Her daylilies are coming up!   Now I’m jazzed – lol ☺  Out come the garden pretties (fun decorations) – the spinners, the toads and turtles and hiking and hunting bears.  The bird bath.  The whole shebang!!!  Spring is here!!!  The garden is waking up!!!

Just as I was bringing the last item – the bird bath warmer – into the garage, the predicted rain came.  Big plops.  Yes!   I “coffeed” section two of the four areas of the garden today.  Perfect timing.

Up in northern Minnesota, not so much, yet.  But that’s for another day.