Tulips

The deer and squirrels haven't eaten all of my tulips. Either they're being discouraged by the new solar lights I added to the planting bed or they're tired of tulips and waiting for the hostas to get big enough to entice.

Anyway, these tulips are still around. Pretty cool color, eh?

Allium

A new plant for me this year is allium. I planted the bulbs last fall and here they come. Wow, this picture makes my yard look lush! That is probably the only significant spot of good looking grass.




Meanwhile, the horseradish and rhubarb are coming back strong.

Spring Flowers

The redbud and apple are flowering together. Maybe I'll get to eat one of the apples this year...
The bleeding hearts continue to bloom. What a cool plant :)

Happy Arbor Day!

Friday April 25 is Arbor Day in Ohio. Plant a tree (or just hug one) and celebrate!

Check out the Arbor Day Foundation for tree information and much more.

Poultry Netting

Remember chicken wire? It is now poultry netting. I kid you not. I don't know whether the chickens got tired of being singled out, the turkeys felt left out, political correctness has gone truly a-fowl, or what, but there it was, in my local garden store. I wonder what would have happened if I had asked for chicken wire? Would the guy with the "ask me for help" apron have known what I wanted? Or would he have looked at me with the same puzzled look as the young UDF clerk who couldn't find the skim milk (of course, it's fat free milk now).

Blooming Hearts!

Frost didn't get 'em.... Yea!

Time Lapse

The progress of the bleeding heart! You can just see the flower buds now, too.





Of course, the plants know when to sprout, but I do hope the frost we're expecting this weekend doesn't kill anything. Like my poised-to-bloom redbud. Or my first tulip.

Bleeding Heart

I wasn't sure at this stage that this was the bleeding heart coming back. I was pretty sure it was a goner after last year's drought. And I'd never seen one sprout before.



But here it is starting to really show the character- istic leaf shape.


Yea :)

More Bulbs

These crocuses are weeks behind the rest, but that's okay, it keeps the yard interesting!

Magic Fence

I know that this fence is not keeping any hungry critter out of this planting bed, but somehow these hyacinths are not being munched by whatever is munching the ones along the driveway...

Who Lives Here?

Eek! I don't know what made this hole, but it looks brand new and it's in the middle of the backyard. Again I say, eek!









Daffodils in bloom in the front!






Check out the red buds on my redbud...

My New Baby

Okay, I don't know anything about weeping pussy willows, but there it was, at the Home Depot, looking all needy like it had to be adopted. So, I put on a show for the other shoppers, getting it into my little bitty car (I should have taken a picture of THAT).

This is ideal hole-digging time in my yard, as swamp-like conditions are persisting even more than usual in the spring rainy season this year.

Isn't it the cutest thing? I am leaving the wrapper until I get some rabbit-control in place...

Bulbs Galore!

Crocus and snow drop.

A long row of crocuses (croci?) along the driveway.


Daffodils in front of the ubiquitous random boulder in the front.

Sorry, cuz, the bulbs are taking off here in Zone 6!