The first bud on the geranium in the living room
On Wednesday I got up about 5AM and got my post up. Then I cleaned up the kitchen and made breakfast. The hayman was coming at 9AM with the broken bale mulch.
I had to take down 2 more sections of fencing so he could back up to the east side of the Small garden. I’d be planting peas and carrots on the west side and didn’t want to move the mulch twice.
The Anne raspberry on the south end of the Small garden has started to leaf out. There’s a lot of canes that need pruned out and it needs weeded, fed, and mulched.
Remember the poor little Jan Bos hyacinth covered in sleet last week? Well, it lived and is flowering. The fact it’s survived 3 years here is pretty good. Hyacinths typically don’t.
Rhubarb in the Big garden
Buds on the big quince in the Big garden
Flowers starting to open on the magnolia
New North garden – hellebore is still flowering strong
In the Old North garden the heat of the earlier part of the week has caused the daffodils to open.
East Shed – lots of daffodils in the center
And even more on the north end…
It’s hard to believe it’s nearly the middle of April and I haven’t done anything more with the flowerbeds. But at least the Small garden is ready to start…
You're garden is the beautiful garden by the river side! Every living thing in it is beautiful, and your efforts in remarkable beyond words, keep growing the garden!
The bale mulch is for the protection of the plants, yeah? Or to be used as manure?
It's really worth all this preparation because the whole garden is bubbling with lots of activities ☺️
It started off in 1992 as a weed barrier. But it also feeds the soil biology and is a good water barrier, keeping the soil moist for longer.
Lovely! Flowers are blooming. Love those magnolias! The garden would look very busy soon. Fortify yourself!
That Jan Bos hyacinth had a long life, lol
I love the beautiful flowers in your garden
The geranium leaves are very greenish and healthy. All the plants are doing so great!
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Geranium, Ann raspberry, hyacinth, Rhubarb, Magnolia, daffodils etc. Surrounded by the fragrances of all these flowers, your garden would be a haven for sure.
Good for you getting your geraniums to winter over and then bloom. I always manage to kill mine. I tend to overwater sometimes. The gardens are coming along nicely for you now that spring has arrived. Yay!
I did find they aren’t fond of being watered much. I never like geraniums (smell) but 2 years ago I bought one for outside. That’s the one flowering now.
I can see you love flowers a lot, it's all over the garden. They are all so beautiful and I wouldn't mind them gracing my yard. You are doing great.