Garden happenings

Most of the mini-greenhouses are now sporting little sprouts, the exceptions being foxgloves and peppers.

Allium

Gypsophila

Sweet pea

Also, everything else around the yard is looking stupendous and full of promise.

Magnolia

Alliums in the front yard

Perennial tulips... please don't let them get eaten before blooming!

April 19, 2017

Side-by-side comparisons of the front at this time of year are below. There were more daffodils than I remembered that didn't make it back this year, but the main takeaway is that everything else looks a little behind this year - no surprise whatsoever, given that spring only just showed up. Note the viburnum already blooming this time last year.

April 18, 2018

Finally, yesterday I saw an Eastern Towhee (bird) in the bush, and today a pair of chickadees made an appearance.

Groundhog and chickadee

(S)he was headed down the hill on the south side of our house. As many animals (deer, groundhogs, cats) seem to do.

And shortly thereafter this black-capped chickadee alighted on a rhodadendron.

Catching up

Summer is for BEING outdoors, not BLOGGING about outdoors. So let us catch up (though it is still almost 80 outside!).

First, before I forget, I looked it up and I'm in gardening zone 7A.

I just ordered some bulbs today, based largely on deer resistance, except for the irresistible tulips:

This was just yesterday, at Reeves-Reed Arboretum nearby. It is small, but lovely, even this late in the year.

Black-capped chickadee, Sept. 17

Sept 17....what the heck? As if I can identify this bird based on this picture? The point is that there are occasionally brownish birds that pass quickly through, I never manage to get a good photo or even a good look, I don't know what they are (and they're not even all the same kind), and it drives me crazy. Sigh.

I don't know what this flowering shrub is - it was here when we moved in. We didn't even realize it would bloom! It was at its peak around Aug. 23, and just gorgeous. Wish I could identify it!

Look at the size of this fungus! This was Sept. 3

This just shows that there was a branch that the tree removal people broke on the live tree, and didn't notice, and now it has brown leaves, obvi. I was going to follow up and ask them to remove it and I, uh, didn't.