Spring Flowers!

Spring is definitely here!

I love hearing all the birds chirping, seeing all the flowers blooming, watching the garden grow, and mowing all the green grass in our yard.  It is all a part of Springtime here at the edge of the woods!

                                           Spiraea bush

                            Dwarf azaleas and geraniums

                           Wildflowers growing in the ditch

                           Faithful purple irises that come back every year!

                            Sedum (that comes back every year!)

I am continually amazed each year when these amaryllis bloom.  I dig out the bulbs in the fall, put them in a paper bag, let them dry out all Winter, plant them in a small pot in Spring and here they are!

This is a black iris that my friend Mary Ann dug up out of her flower bed last year and gave to me....planted in a bed behind our house and this is our first bloom!

Last Summer Tom and I saw this yellow iris growing in the ditch down the road from our house, dug it up, brought it home and planted it behind our house, and this is our first bloom this year!

 Due to the cooler than normal, wetter than normal Spring we are having this year, Tom's garden is just now beginning to grow.  He has had to replant some seeds due to the heavy rains we have had (more than 9 inches of rain this month!).

This is the first time in several years that Tom has planted potatoes.  We'll see how it goes, since we usually are plagued by gophers in the garden!