Wow! I love that blue potting table/work station thing. Did that used to be a wheelbarrow? Creative genius!

Yes my happy place

Well it is a wheelbarrow full of dirt , I do have a handy topper for it that transforms it into a potting station.

Storms and another inch of rain last night
A bit cooler every morning low 40's this morning , expecting frost before next week.
-Cut back all the old berry canes
the canna in the big pot has shot up 8'' in 3 days
Large potted dahlia up 3-4 inches
Lilac and redbuds in full bloom
Dogwood just turning white
Received my herbs :
sage
rosemary
thyme
Lavender
camomile
angelica

and my daily visitor caught in the act

Another frosty morning
plants waiting to get in pots or ground
Tuesday 1.25 of rain ...makes almost 8'' for April




I did purchase and plant two Asian pear trees

A lot of new blooms this week
perennial bachelors buttons

dogwood

woodland larkspur

Bleeding hearts


and best of show the columbines.

It's allot of work but I find it tremendously rewarding. Your garden area is wonderful and I would love working there. The wheel barrow potting bench is a great re-use idea. Right now I'm left to do the bulk of the clean up from last season by myself-which wouldn't be so bad if I could take a week off of work and put my nose to the grindstone but that's not possible so it'll have to get done in sections at a time. One bed at a time! It's very warm here today. In the upper 80's and I can feel the humidity creeping in. A possible storm later. I'l l have to hustle my self around the garden raking up leaves for compost.

So much to do so little time
Seems summer has arrived with 80 degree days early ...so I am now officially behind a whole two weeks
Watering some parts daily (the seed areas)
Half the cutting garden planted, working on veggies.

The weather has been a rollercoaster here so maybe things will shift to more favorable conditions for you Cinda.

Looks like another good garden morning
some flowers from yesterday:

poppies just starting to open

hardy geranium


clematis

amsonia

decided to let the horseradish bloom maybe the bees will like it ? I dont use it much.



comfrey


chives

What a beautiful array of herbs and flowers. Love your garden, Cinda.

The clematis has to be the best of show this week

The garden is so full or wonderful smells
the valerian is competing with the honey locus for sweetest smell


Purple the dominant color






the Stone crop circle is blooming.





the goal today :
get all small pots into their homes ... so I can feel free to $$ purchase more plants at the herb fair tomorrow.

I love valerian! The smell is like vanilla cake. Just drifts around the garden smelling delicious!

A nice day for the Herb Fair yesterday
I was conservative in my plant acquisitions.
Statice and Gomphrena fireworks for the cutting garden
Black and blue salvia for the hummers
elfin thyme for a fairy garden.
a pink turtle head for the pasture project
astilbe and catmint for the perennial beds

Finished my tomato and pepper selection from a small local greenhouse
Nice size plants for only a dollar all grown from seed by the owner.
mini bell pepper
Chinese giant pepper
pink brandywine tomato

A great morning in the garden
Peonies opened yesterday and are on the table smelling up the house I have the old-fashion type that smell great.

Watered some things and potted up some of the micro-dwarf tomatoes.
Found a few ground-cherries I am so happy because I did not find any to purchase and my potted seeds did not come up.

Forgot to close the greenhouse last night and there was a mess , lucky the plants were spared but pots everywhere and the fish food gone

I love the smell of peonies. They remind me of my mother who grew them.

What critter got into your greenhouse do you think?
Raccoon?

I am sure it was the mama coon , I have a very welcoming compost pile near the potting compound and she checks out the bird feeders .
I saw her this morning with two babies ..all checking the bird feeder

Peony is our state flower and they are in full bloom everywhere.



The rain held off till after noon so again a perfect garden working day
65 and cloudy with a slight breeze:

a few flowers








and a tiny tasty treat , the alpines may be small but they pack the flavor and are first