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Category Archives: Seasons
Planting Peas with the Peepers
This morning while walking the dog around the ponds near our house, I heard a chorus of squeaks and peeps. The spring peepers are finally singing. This is late for them, but within the range of when peepers herald spring. … Continue reading
Posted in Fruits and Vegetables, Seasons
Tagged phenology, spring peepers, when to plant peas
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Tulip Time — At Last
Wednesday was the first day I noticed a few tulips blooming, and a few more opened up Thursday and Friday, and a few more this morning. Could it be a sign spring is indeed on its way?
Posted in Bulbs, Seasons
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Garden Time Management
The truly unpleasant weather we’ve experienced the past few weeks — snow flurries on May 2 with constant winds above 15 mph, no thank you! — has put me a little behind in my garden chores. I’ve been nurturing along … Continue reading
Posted in Seasons
Tagged Away to Garden, Margaret Roach, Melinda Myers, Month by Month Gardening in Minnesota
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Daffodil Days
The spring bulbs are slowly starting to bloom. On Sunday, I noticed the fritillaria, a small, but unusually colored bulb was blooming. Monday, the daffodils that brighten up my raspberry bed also opened up. In the dim light before sunset, … Continue reading
Bud Break
The trees and shrubs are trying — really trying — to open up and welcome spring. We can hope that yesterday’s snow was the last of this long, long winter. From left to right above are: Red twig dogwood leaves … Continue reading
Posted in Amazing Plants, Seasons
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The Bees are Back!
It was so exciting to see a trio of bees really working over the crocus in my front yard this afternoon. Other bees were gathering pollen from my neighbor’s patch of crocus. If you blow up the more horizontal picture … Continue reading
Look What’s Been Under All That Snow
I was poking around the front yard this morning, trying to minimize any stepping on the yard or gardens, and what should be showing itself now that the snow has melted: Tulip leaves. A good sign to see in the … Continue reading
Fall Bloomers
OK, the weather outside is frightful, but this fall was delightful, so before it decides to snow, here’s a fall flower slide show! (Clearly, I am not a poet.)
Posted in Bloom Tuesday, Fall Gardening, Seasons
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The Backside of October
Riding my bike home from downtown one day last week, it struck me how suddenly we had gone from a canopy of gold, orange, and red leaves over the street to bare branches above and leaf mulch on the road. … Continue reading
Posted in Fall Gardening, Seasons
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