May 6, 2008

More signs of spring! Please feel free to leave me a comment

Because the gardens are changing so rapidly at the farm, I thought you’d like to see some more signs of spring.  It seems as though plants are literally popping out of the ground and growing right before my eyes.  I can’t wait to get home each day and see what’s new, as we’ve planted so much this past year.   It’s just so exciting!

This is a lovely cement bowl filled with thriving, pale-green succulents.  It adorns one entrance to my home. CLICK HERE TO VIEW MORE OF MY SUCCULENTS
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I love this Japanese painted fern.  It’s planted next to a delicate, white frittalaria
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A row of newly planted weeping hornbeams
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The vegetable garden is thriving after a few inches of much-needed rain.
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Francesca is enjoying the softly mulched garden paths.
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My pergola in the springtime
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The peonies are growing so tall inside their string supports!
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Sharkey stops for refreshment in the reflecting pool.
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She thinks it feels good on the feet, too.
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This is a grove of little sugar maples – I look forward to tapping them one day for syrup.
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A beautiful trillium in a woodland garden
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A cluster of wild mushrooms which popped out after the rain – They’re so bronze and shiny.
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Here’s a single specimen growing all alone.
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Look at these beautiful and fragrant apple blossoms soon to become sweet apples.
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These brilliant white, petite flowers are candytuft ‘snowflake.’
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