. Wednesday, March 23, 2011 .







What A Little Rain Can Do

. Thursday, March 17, 2011 .
We were able to get out and walk around the yard today with out an umbrella or boots...but it was still a little squishy. But look what we found...
This is the first year that the snowdrops haven't had to come up thru the snow.
I love plants that volunteer to come up throughout the yard.

 
Twin tiny iris

This was total shock.  They weren't even up thru the ground yesterday.

Tomorrow this will be a full fledged daffodil...the first!

A Breath of Spring

. Friday, March 11, 2011 .
The weather isn't cooperating much these days so I a willing these plants to grow.  I hope I didn't get ahead of myself.  These are all seeds that I have harvested from the yard.  Some were sent to me and some I picked up on vacation from plants along side the road.  I decided to move them all up to the top shelf so there would be equal sun exposure.  This morning we woke up to about an inch of snow and black ice everywhere. 

Thinking Spring

. Sunday, March 6, 2011 .
Mark spotted the first Snowdrop to bloom this year.  I have seen the greem shoots but was waiting patiently onthe flowers.  This year they came up without any snow.

I call these ground iris.  They are so close to the ground.  I could almost call these little orchids.  I think it is actually one of the flowers that Ms Yvonne and I dug up when we didn't know it was illegal to dig up flowers on the side of the road.  Oops!

Early Bloomers