The first week of April, 2020 is ending. We have been impatiently waiting. This fall, we planted
100 daffodils
50 tête a tête (little) daffodils
50 naturalizing (small-bulb) daffodils
50 Emperor Tulips
50 "value" tulips
75 of three types of alliums ‘Atropurpureum & Nigrum’ and ‘Bulgaricum’
48 crocus
plus several peonies, iris, and daylilies
All this is in addition to the bulbs, daylilies, and hostas we transplanted from the farm.
So far, we have seen crocus. These are blooming near some daylilies along the front walk.
We also have crocus around the sundial.
The very healthy looking plant on the right is fritillaria. It smells just like skunk. (I'll post pics when it blooms - probably toward the end of April.)
Today after watching and watching, we finally saw our first daffodil open.
This was taken in the early morning, and it's not open yet. The sad part of this picture is the plants to the left. During the night one of our resident critters ate the tulips to the ground. We thought we could distract critters by surrounding the tulips with daffodils, which no one eats. They didn't either - they just ignored the daffs and went for the very tasty tulips.
It finally opened later in the day.
But the tulips are still eaten.
D has spent the rest of the day fencing the gardens.
Let's hope it was not baby creatures that can get through the holes.
The strawberries have started poking through the mulch.
Yesterday, in the hedgerow, we discovered violets. We don't remember them from last year!
That's it for the first week in April, 2020, in the little house in the city.
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Remember the old Wild World of Sports" The Thrill of Victory and the Agony of Defeat" ? I can still see that ski jumper go off the edge of the ski jump. For me bulbs and spring wildflowers are like that. Still tiny shoots of yellow lady slipper and the first glimpse of a Trillium give me a great feeling. When the critters eat the plants it makes me angry. I think the garden is a good way to vent!
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