Late April

We've had a chilly damp few days, but the sun is out now. It will be a lot more pleasant getting my plants ready for Family Fest this Saturday when it warms up a bit more.

The forget-me-nots are blooming now, true blue flowers are not too common

Real Life Farmville

So about a month ago, I spontaneously decided to make a change in my life, and spend as much time in my garden as I could. This means I have to find a way to make money out here. So far, things are looking bright. I am going to have a tabletop at Family Fest May 1, at Dutchess Stadium. I'm having a garden sale at my house Mother's Day weekend, and the Stormville flea market will be coming up again Memorial Day. I'll keep you posted on how it goes, I know I'm not the only one who hates to leave my garden this time of year.

Spring, More or Less

Raining cats and dogs today, also tonight and maybe tomorrow. But at least it isn't snow. The snow has only been gone from my yard a week or so, in spite of warm weather and other rain storms. We had a tree fall, and apparently a glacier formed underneath. But now that it finally melted, there are healthy plants getting ready to explode with warm weather.

Winter

I love this picture. I took it very early in the morning, walking up the hill from my house in the snow. Up ahead you can see both the full moon, and a stop sign.

Brown Gold

It makes me sad, driving about and seeing big brown Home Depot bags along the curb, waiting to be picked up to go to the landfill. I am always tempted to pick them up myself for my compost pile, or as extra winter mulch. My soil is lovely, black and crumbly, from years of using chopped up leaves as winter cover. Looks a whole lot better than that awful dyed red stuff, that so many people pay a fortune for.

I sometimes wonder, would anything sell if you could convince the big stores to carry it? Could an evil gardener start a trend for say, huge plastic blow up figures to disfigure front yards . Oh wait, someone already did that.

November

Beautiful weather we've been having, warm and sunny. Pansies, violas, Montauk Daisies, blue salvia and coneflowers still going. Russian Sage also, this is my first year with that, and it is a great addition to my garden.