Planted 18 tomato plants in barrels. Covering them at night for now as it still frosts some mornings. Chives were already in this one. Ooo, baked potato with sour cream and chives tonight!
Onions are coming up from last year - already in the garden. I have never been in a place where I could benefit from early food!
Strawberries are standing straight and tall.
Last year, we planted a raspberry bush..only to have the deer find it within a few days and chomp it to bits. That was before little cages. There was one there already and I fabricated another one..two bushes, deer proofed for now. Grow little bushes...GROW!
There used to be an entire row of apricot trees in a line with this one - the others were cut down before we arrived...this is the last one standing. I checked the tree yesterday...as I remembered the swarm of activity on the blossoms last spring, no activity, but today...
...the work has begun.
If you look closely, you can see little bees flying around and even a butterfly. Last year, we didn't get fruit...year before the fruit had ugly spots on it, this year - we are crossing our fingers.
Cherry tree will be bloomin' soon! Forgot to photograph the apple trees...will do that for you later.
Spring is a happenin thing here - a gradual welcome sight. It was a LOONG and nasty winter.
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4 comments:
Wow. All this talk and posting of blogger friends of Spring. Was 13 this morning here and gets into 40's daytime now so guess it is slowly coming about. Had snow showers yesterday. Did see my first green grass this morning in the yard. Our trees won't leaf out until end of May. What one gets for living at 7,000 feet with nearly 14,000 feet above you.
Looks like good things to come. Yum!!
That tree is stunning!!!
Hi Gary - ah yes, I remember those snowy springs in the Colorado Rockies where I lived for 18+ years before moving to Denver and then here...to Kansas. I miss it - because spring sloooowly arrives to areas like you are in...little by little - and yet, I was always within driving distance to go to town and get a 'spring fix' if needed. And while you enjoy cooler summers, we have to swelter in the unbearable heat. Trade offs...Thanks for stopping by!
Thanks for stopping by Liz. That tree is like a little girl in her frilly Easter dress...doesn't last long.
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