Spring has sprung on me quite early this year. I had all this work to do outside, not to mention this website was supposed to get a winter overhaul … oops. I was getting a bit behind on posting while I was waiting to redo it, so I decided to just start writing and redo later on. I guess what I am saying here is that I will be updating again, but you can expect that the site will get an overhaul in the next month and look much prettier after that. Programming note over, now on for the garden tour!
I was surprised to see the crocus coming up in January. It felt early to me, so I had to go back to my Flickr account and see when it was coming up last year … and sure enough, the timing is about a month early. Same with the Iris, the Daylillies, and whatever other bulbs I have hanging around in this yard.
Emerging Crocus:
Bearded Iris sneaking up through the leaves:
Buds on a tree that I have still not identified:
Forsythia starting to bud (I finally identified this one this year, after seeing the blooms for the first time since we moved here!), with some blackberries sneaking up in the background:
Apparently this is what a pair of garden shoes looks like when you "overwinter" them in the yard:
The "evergreen" blueberry bush, starting to bud again:
I’m not sure how evergreen it could be considered, as it held on to maybe a handful of red leaves all winter, but it’s pretty nonetheless.
Daylillies peeking up:
The weather is just beautiful here in Eugene, but spring has definitely caught me by surprise and there is so very, very much to do!!
The first step: Bask in the coming of spring. Second step: Assess and make the spring plan!
