2026 Columbines Are Starting To Bloom

 

Guess Where I Spent My Day

 Not here!!

Just enjoying all that is in bloom and 

getting everything potted up!  

Ya need smell vision!  The fragrance is

heavenly!!

I sure hate sitting here!

2026 Bearded Iris

 The first bearded iris is open here!

Way to early as we are just now seeing

the early ones open.

Visiting Our Gardens / Opening May 1

 I was asked this past week when

is the best time to visit your gardens?

My answer is what do you want to 

see?  Our gardens will open this year

May 1,  due to medical issues.

Our gardens are open by appointment 

only due to neighboring issues.  For years

we have allow folks to just stop by and

we would show the gardens.  We are a

working garden so we are out working

when the weather permits.  When it rains

it's not permitted to visit so pick a sunny

day, please.  Our property is located on 

what was once an old riverbed and let's

just say you will need boots when it's 

raining.  The water will pond when 

raining.

Right now we are seeing things grow

and come alive.  The early spring 

bloomers are now doing their thing.

The Wisteria is starting to bud along 

with the early irises.  This past weekend

I was able to get the last of the larger 

Brugmansia into the yard with a few

tropicals closer to the house due to 

the cold front coming in.  We have

reseeded some of the yard and have

started mowing.  With the weather

change we are already seeing some

of the bearded iris bud coming on.

The early azalea are just finishing

so the later one starting to bloom.

The Easter calla lilies are starting to

bloom and later in the season the 

colored ones will bloom.

This past fall/winter season we put

a lot of the Clematis in the hoop 

house and they are now around 

3 to 4 feet tall.  We are seeing some

early bud on them.  The poppies are

starting to bud!  Also the Columbines

are starting to open.  The lilacs are 

currently in bloom!  With the blue

berries and strawberries in bloom.

By Mother's Day the irises should be

blooming.

Currently a few of the Brugmansia

are with buds but the weather has

a lot to do when they bloom.  Fall 

is usually when they will bloom.

The Eppie cactus will be another 

week or two but I currently have 

a red one in bud.  There are a couple

Christmas cactus that are blooming,

it's been a strange year so far.

If you want to see the Perennial

Hibiscus that would be in the fall.

I stand corrected, Friday I found 

two of them starting to break 

ground.  So I covered them up 

with more dirt!

I won't be bring out the Flowering

maples until it warms up more, 

maybe mid May.  We lost several

of them due to the power outage 

we had.

Gardening is about timing and 

watching the weather.  Plus this

time of year when the allergies

hit!

Thursday, my day to mow and

with the grass being so thick I'm

going to have to mow it more than

once a week.

Friday was my day to play in

the yard and repot or pot new 

bulbs.  Plus add dirt to the 

larger brugmansias.

Just working hard to get all

the plant out and ready for 

the season!

What did you do today??

Easter Sunday!

 Easter Sunday was a record breaking

temp!  79 degrees!!   

I spent my day out moving the Brugmansia

to the front yard since it was a quite day.

Got my steps in today!

Monday:

Another awesome day to play outside and

getting every think arranged for opening

the gardens next week!  Moved the 

large Shorty's to the cement pot! 

Tuesday:

Another great day to work in the yard!

Washed off the deck, watered the 

plants, moved more out of the 

greenhouse and mowed!

Wednesday:

Sunshine and being outside!!

It was a nice day to mulch the 

special beds, got 9 bags out

and one more to go when I get 

the tulips moved.

Thursday:

Heart monitor is scheduled for

today and the next 30 days.

Friday:

Come on rain!!  Just a few more

plants to come out of the greenhouses.

A Big Thank You!

 River City Environmental, Inc for 

your excellent staff in getting our

septic system inspected and helping

us with the digging and the new 

riser that was installed.  Very impressed

with the workers!

These folks are great to work with!

Easter Time!

 Time for Skelly to get ready!

Had to move Skelly as I get ready to

sink a plant in the big cement pot.