Fertilizer Friday - May 17th

The weather here has been fantastic this week. Garden fever has struck and I've spent many hours looking at all the local nursery's.  And while the boys at the greenhouse keep telling me I'm "too early", I have already moved all my plants outside, planted my veggie garden and started planting annuals.

This is my favorite time of year ... the time that I spend all the cold winter days thinking about.

My favorite blooms are all getting ready for their show, the trees are all leafing out, the grass is lush and green and growing beautifully. There are birds everywhere!

I'm linking in to Fertilizer Friday with Tootsie!

The week started out great ... my kids bought me 2 beautiful new perennials for Mothers Day. 

This is 'Winky Double Red and White' Columbine

'Snowflake' Creeping Phlox

I wasn't sure how many, if any, of my Roses survived the winter. I spent a few hours one day tending to them and I think that it paid off. Everyone of them is starting to show signs of life!

This photo was taken at the beginning of the week before the Camassia started blooming

How quickly things change this time of year

Spurge still going strong

Lilac's starting to open. The blooms on all the Lilac's I've seen seem small this year ... maybe from the heat in March and frost in May? I'm glad to have blooms of ANY size for the amazing scent

Black Parrot Tulip

Next weeks special bloom

Out in the spring garden

I have been busy in the gardens this week!

I decided that many of my perennials needed division, and so I started on this task a few weeks ago.  I had many pieces that weren't needed so I decided to see if I could sell some. I posted an ad on a local web site and had a few people come and buy some. With this bit of cash in hand, I went to the local greenhouse to see what I could find.  I seem to have caught a bit of Hosta Fever the last few years and so I came home with 2 new Hosta's for my collection

Here is 'Queen Francine' and 'St Elmo's Fire'

I'm not too sure what that puts my Hosta count at now...probably somewhere around 25 different varieties. One of the people that came to buy a few of my Hosta divisions planted a seed in my head ... if I dug up ALL the Daylily's from the east side of the house, I would have room for a LOT of new Hosta's. They run the entire length of the house.

  It will be a LOT of work to dig them all out, but I am really thinking about it.

I was also out trying to get some of the vegetable garden planted. Now that this years Kildeer eggs have hatched I was able to get some work done out there. I managed to get the peas, radish. green onions, turnips, spinach and kale seeds planted on Saturday. That night we had a 'Super Moon'...very bright and very beautiful.

Here are a few blooms to share for Fertilizer Friday with Tootsie!

OK...is anyone else having issues getting photos to load lately?

It took me over 45 minutes to get these photos on here today, and now Picassa has decided to 'improve' a few of them. What the heck??? 
Not liking these changes ...

Fertilizer Friday - May 4th

The wild weather roller coaster continued into the beginning of the week, and I was beginning to wonder if spring was EVER going to get here!

A bit of rain and then some warmer temperatures have starting things rolling so I'm linking into

Fertilizer Friday with Tootsie! 

Found these beautiful Trillium's in the forest

Forget Me Not's - my favorite little blue blooms that remind me of my childhood. I used to bring these home for my Mom so she would never forget me. She had little vases of these all over the house, and other 'wild flowers' I would pick for her.

I'm really loving this Euphorbia this year

A little closer

I wish I knew the name of this Narcissus ... 3 little blooms on one stem

Grape Hyacinth's 

A bright, cheery Primula

This is 'Pink Parasol'

I am patiently waiting for the Lilac's to bloom. Judging by all the buds, it won't be too long!