I thought it was spring?!?!?

Early morning before we left for the Ft Dodge sectional, I took a few spring time photos of my garden.


Snow on the lilac bushes...
Snow on the tulips...

Rainy day garden update

More budding action on the Magnolia bush.

The garlic is getting bigger!

The daylillies are filling out and the tulips are about to bud.

I still don't know what this unidentified plant is. If anyone knows what it is, please post a comment to tell me!

Greening up is starting!

Magnolia bush starting to bud.
Lilac bushes starting to bud.
Oregano - survived the below zero weather!

Crocus Time

Garden Update

Not much has happened since the last post. It got colder for awhile, then we had a few warm days, and now it is overcast and colder again, threatening to rain. I wish it would rain, I think the plants would like it. So far, I have a few more crocus blooming.

I think this is sedum. It is by the back door. It was one of the first things to start sprouting, but it won't bloom until late summer. It is a nice looking plant. I think it needs to be divided, but I probably won't get around to it this year.

This is the side yard. On the left, I think are the day lilies starting to come up - these are orange and yellow, I call them Tiger Lillies, but not sure if that is what they really are. On the right, you can see a few tulips. I think they are red. These were all planted before I bought the house.

This is garlic, I think it is "Hardy German Garlic". I got this from Seed Savers Exchange. It is supposed to do well in the north. I planted it in the fall and mulched with pine needles. There are about 4 or more garlic shoots coming up. I don't remember how many I planted.

I think these are irises. My mom brought me some iris roots from my grandfather. I love irises. I hope these bloom nice.
I don't know how to rotate this photo and I don't know what this is. I believe it is some sort of flower. It was one of the first things to grow in the garden last year, too. It is in the middle of the day lillies.

And, finally... More crocus! These are in the front by the peonies. These came with the house and they are beautiful!

First Flowers of Spring!!!

I spent two hours doing clean up work in the garden, and then I noticed that the crocus had started blooming in my little crocus patch that I planted by the driveway. These are Snow Bunting crocus that I bought from Old House Gardens. This is in a sunny south facing spot under the dining room bay window. I thought it would be a good place for crocuses. We got about 6 inches of snow on Monday (Mar 31), but it was sunny and warm on April 1 and all the snow had melted on this patch by the time I got home from work. I noticed that these were the first flowers coming up. Now, there are even more crocus coming up.



I've also been working on my Kureyon sock.

April Fools!!!

It is supposed to be spring, but we had several inches of snow the night of March 31. I awoke to see my house blanketed in snow.



The next day, it looked like this.


And the crocuses are coming up!!!