The Early Birds
Just a quick walk around the yard tonight after dinner before all the routine of going to bed as this is what I found...
Mark tells me that this is some type of magnolia...I don't know but it is the strangest thing. There are a grand total of fourteen flowers like this one all at the tips of scattered branches. I wonder if the rest are coming at a later date?
Sweet Pap says that when in bloom this azalea is the most beautiful thing. He swears that people will stop and want to take pictures. That's okay by me but...there will be a price to pay...a quarter a look...just like in WI right, Ms Yvonne?
How's this for a stunner? A double or even triple daffodil. The blooms are so heavy that they have already fallen to the ground.
Not only do we have early flowers and blooming trees...the vegetable are starting to sprout. It is so much fun to make your way out to the garden to see what is new. The peas are coming up. I can't wait until the start climbing on the trellis. The three kinds of lettuce...all surviving. The onions are growing...I know this because I had to transplant them because I put them in with something else when we we sowing seeds. I told Mark that we needed little vegetable signs with pictures on the in each box. The radishes are going to have to be thinned soon...Mark's job.
Everything in bed two...growing up nice and strong. That would be broccoli and Brussels sprouts (just for you Leigh Ann) Mark has been reading and talking to Ralph, our backyard neighbor, about how to grow the sprouts. Something about when you see a new leaf on the stem...remove it and the Brussels sprouts will come on there.
Bed three is up and coming. It contains the rest of the Brussels sprouts, beets, turnips and today I planted chives from the herb garden in the eggshells in the kitchen window. There are a few empty squares yet. Mark plans on planting in them with other things like zucchini, yellow squash, bush beans, tomatoes...things that need the ground temperature to be a lot warmer...you know summer time vegetables. I can hardly wait...I want to live on a real farm when I grow up.
Mark tells me that this is some type of magnolia...I don't know but it is the strangest thing. There are a grand total of fourteen flowers like this one all at the tips of scattered branches. I wonder if the rest are coming at a later date?
Sweet Pap says that when in bloom this azalea is the most beautiful thing. He swears that people will stop and want to take pictures. That's okay by me but...there will be a price to pay...a quarter a look...just like in WI right, Ms Yvonne?
How's this for a stunner? A double or even triple daffodil. The blooms are so heavy that they have already fallen to the ground.
Not only do we have early flowers and blooming trees...the vegetable are starting to sprout. It is so much fun to make your way out to the garden to see what is new. The peas are coming up. I can't wait until the start climbing on the trellis. The three kinds of lettuce...all surviving. The onions are growing...I know this because I had to transplant them because I put them in with something else when we we sowing seeds. I told Mark that we needed little vegetable signs with pictures on the in each box. The radishes are going to have to be thinned soon...Mark's job.
Everything in bed two...growing up nice and strong. That would be broccoli and Brussels sprouts (just for you Leigh Ann) Mark has been reading and talking to Ralph, our backyard neighbor, about how to grow the sprouts. Something about when you see a new leaf on the stem...remove it and the Brussels sprouts will come on there.
Bed three is up and coming. It contains the rest of the Brussels sprouts, beets, turnips and today I planted chives from the herb garden in the eggshells in the kitchen window. There are a few empty squares yet. Mark plans on planting in them with other things like zucchini, yellow squash, bush beans, tomatoes...things that need the ground temperature to be a lot warmer...you know summer time vegetables. I can hardly wait...I want to live on a real farm when I grow up.
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My Mark is building me some box gardens as our previous garden was flooded out last year--low lands.