The Luck of the Irish

Spring is just around the corner... Farmer Dad was talking about taking out our cedar trees. I'm hoping he won't.

Princess loves picking out what kind of flowers to plant in her first pair

or rain boots. You can hardly see the frogs anymore. :-(

Farmer Dad moved my Grandfather's old water fountain where the

little cherry tree was (it did not make it through the winter).

We are planning on getting a solar pump for it.

We all spent the last two afternoons raking and weeding the yard.

Princess and I picked up some flowers and seed potatoes and asparagus

and peas. We also got a replacement cherry tree.

Normally I would have planted my peas today, but I didn't have any.

That is why we have Saturdays. ;-)

Happy Spring...Happy Planting!!

May the Luck of the Irish be with you all!!

Spring is just around the corner...

Long Time No Post

Spring is upon us here in the Garden State, and this year finds us busier

than ever! This weekend was the local Ag Day, and the weather is heating up!

We have a decent sized garden here in our backyard, and Farmer Dad

maintains a garden plot at a local college's Community Garden as part of their Organic

Garden Club. This year, Princess and I will have a small (10'x10') plot in our town's

Community Garden as well. It is right near the library, so pretty convenient for me. ;-)

Last night Farmer Dad and I went up to help with the "Fence Raising" and start a flower

bed around the new sign the town put in for us..it looks so official! It was great!

So many local companies have donated materials and it looks like it will be a wonderful season!

I have some photos from around our yard, although I completely forgot to bring my camera last night to the Community Garden.Have I told you our cherry trees are in full bloom?

It's Cherry Blossom Time here in our little corner of the Garden State!

We've been eating asparagus every night for dinner!

Return of the Pollinators

Caught in the act!

Spring has sprung

hyacinths

The Bunny under the neighbor's shed

a mossy spot

under the bench

wild violets in the grass

always work to be done

late afternoon sun

trees budding out

berry brambles

honeysuckle on the fence

flowering almond near the watering cans

We have melted

There is no more pretty white snow here in

our corner of the Garden State.

Bits of green are coming up everywhere, although I could not

find a snowdrop anywhere. Farmer Dad and I took a long walk

out about the yard on Sunday after his Birthday Celebration

on Saturday. Did you hear the guys jamming out in our basement

where you live? I took Princess and vacated the premises for a few hours.

I came home to quiet and the house was still clean.

Men do grow up! Who knew? ;-)

We also spent some time trying to figure out what seeds we may need to order

for this year.There is a lot of activity on the fruit trees and my forsythia is wakingMy beloved Fig tree is growing up towards the sun and looking happy.

Do the leaves change color where you are?

Trees*by Joyce Kilmer

I THINK that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the sweet earth's flowing breast;
A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.

The best part of Autumn is for me, the changing
colors all around me.These are two views from my kitchen windows...


On the kitchen table right now...


These are the tomatoes I just brought in over the weekend.
They are ripening as you can see. ;-)
Princess and Farmer Dad enjoying the Autumn weather, and providing me
with yet another lovely view from the house. ;-)

A close up of that back corner of the yard.


To the left of them are a couple of Cranberries, which really come into their own this time of year.


Similar in color right now, a small azalea at the back of the house.



Farmer Dad especially enjoys his 1st pear tree's(we have 3 now) color...
it's the light orange in the background..



If you look up...Out my front window..a lovely Japanese Maple...

It will be the last tree in the neighborhood to lose all it's leaves most years.In the front yard, we also have a coneflower still blooming.

*We are not far from the birthplace of Joyce Kilmer,
(1886–1918, American poet, b. New Brunswick, N.J., educated at Rutgers College and Columbia (B.A., 1908). He is known chiefly for his poem “Trees,” in Trees and Other Poems (1914).),
and this has always been one of my favorite poems.

Sunday morning in the garden

It was lovely.It was a bit cold, but lovely.
The compost was steaming.


I got a few minutes all by myself to enjoy the quiet of the morning before Farmer Dad
found me. The beauty of the colder weather, no machine noises from the neighbors.
I picked a couple of red raspberries...Mmmm.

Looking up at the morning sun warming up the plum trees.

Mustard greens




Leaves are just flying everywhere...