Hi, Tam! Beautiful tulip photo!
Ah! this is the time I love to be reminded of Spring. It helps push me out the door and get those bulbs planted!

Thanks Janice..LOL...I only have a few tulips that keep hanging in,I love them ,but the redig an plant thing is not me...I guess that keeps them multiplying... I like the no worry of Daffs... ...Im kinda wishing i would have bought some reduced pkgs.. Gosh the weather has been pretty nice ,except that wind,geesh...

The oriole feeder is just a few feet away from these

this photo is from 3-4 years ago every time I see it I love it all over again

WOW! That is an award winning photo of the Oriole, for sure, Tam!

Very nice!

Got out and put my pansies in the ground today - they've been tortured long enough now, I guess - bought them over a month ago.

Wow!

Gorgeous Oriole and tulip combo, Tamara!

I miss the Orioles' song when they leave.




I'll do no planting today....too much rain, the ground's full-up in the moisture content area. I do have some baby baptisia that I have to figure out what to do with over the winter. I've heard they can be tricky to over-winter as seedlings. Maybe keep them in the unheated greenhouse??

Trying to get weeds & grass out, so not worrying too much about plants going in.

How big are your baby Baptisia, Chelle? I've wintered flats of them right outside. The hardest part is getting them to transplant, as they have a tap root.

Nice photos, all. Raining here now too. I had the yard all tidied up from the downed leaves ... now it's blown, wet leaves.

boy it rain cats and dogs yesterday,down pours,several times,and hail..Need to go look at the car,we were not at home ,hoping no dents or dings as it is black...argg...

I love that photo of the oriole wishing I had more opticle zoom instead of digital,I should see if I could photo shop it a bit. lucky shot for sure.

Wishing I would have started some pansies,I wont pay the price for them...

I have 100s popping up at an office I clean ,they are going to be soo pretty.

PollyK said:How big are your baby Baptisia, Chelle? I've wintered flats of them right outside. The hardest part is getting them to transplant, as they have a tap root.

They're pretty small because I never got around to getting them out of their "growing up" cups. One (good?) thing about that though, the taproots are still contained. I saved back a few seeds just in case....

Think I should just pot them into bigger containers and leave them outside in a somewhat protected area? Or, will a hungry rabbit be inclined to snack on them?

I don't think I'd pot them up at this time, Chelle. Mine were in trays of 32, if you know that size. I put them under the pine trees for the winter, and then potted them in the summer. I would cover them with some wire maybe to keep the rabbits away, although they didn't bother mine.

Okay. Thanks, Polly!

These are in 16 ounce Styrofoam cups, so should be big enough. I'll just make sure they won't be blown away and leave it at that.

I think I would group them all together and tip them on their sides.

Isn't it fun? You've done really well as Baptisia is pretty hard to start from seed.

Thanks!
Yes, that's what I'd heard, too. I just wintersowed these like all the rest, and had three seeds out of five planted sprout and live.

These are special because on our final trip to see our ailing great-aunt she passed them on to us - a memento from her gardens.

I'm glad you saved back some seeds then. Eek. Nothing like a little pressure.

I know!

My mom asks me about these seeds seems like every other day...she keeps forgetting that some are growing, and may likely survive.

John moved some daff bulbs this morning. They are in front of a stone wall along the street, some were lost when work was done on the street this fall, so he dug some which were near the surface & moved them over & planted deeper where the work was done. We will at least get leaves there next spring instead of a blank space.

I need to rent him for a bit, is that okay? My husband has decided that I'm the outdoor caretaker and hasn't given it another thought.

Need to look at my Spring photos to get me to plant bulbs, as this is a daunting task each year!

ditto for here with my husband lately Sheryl. He's always pretty good come April May but by end of August maybe mid September he is done for in the "here let me do that for you hon"