It's too hot.

It's 84 degrees and the sun is baking everything. It's too warm to plant out as much as I had hoped. Many of my wintersown seedlings still aren't ready. I did put out some echinacea Harvest Moon, Columbine, Painted Daisies, and a few others I forget. The majority are just sitting there still. Maybe next week.



I did mow the yard again. The wild onions and clover were getting out of control. In the backyard, I found this little blue flowering thing. I'd love to know the name.



On the front slope, the violets have taken off.



Around the oak tree in the front yard, the Purple Queen is returning. All those little green sprouts are Dayflower. Ugh.



I did a lot of weeding in the perennial bed. It's presentable now. Along the privet hedge, I planted some ferns I collected from Robert's property yesterday. They're just starting to unfurl.



The red clover went into the upper potager bed.



I tilled it into the existing leaves and soil. There's still some cardboard that hasn't broken down. I also built teepee trellises for pole beans and put my metal trellis back up for the cucumbers I'll sow in a few weeks.



The long view.



I used UV safe nylon clips to finally attach the concrete wire trellis to the four posts. I've got plans for a few vines this year including Morning Glory.



Near the swing, I noticed cosmos seedlings. There are lots of datura seedlings too.



Self sown Four O'clocks are popping up in the Shady Corner. A few more weeks and I'll stuff that area with brugs. A few hydrangeas that were rooted last summer survived. No sign of the variegated one yet.



I've had a nap in the hammock and have the sunburn to prove it. I've eaten lunch and am thinking about dinner. I'd like to do some more in the yard, but there's laundry that is calling my name right now. I'm tired, ya'll.

The View.

I moved daffodils and three red maples. I weeded a bit. I scattered seeds. I will not be scraping paint. It's too nice a day to be on a ladder on the shady side of the house. It will just have to wait.



The over wintering plants have been trundled back outside. The brugs are once again infested by aphids. I found a lizard and encouraged it to have lunch.



I won't be cutting grass either. The only things that need mowing are the onions that continue to grow. Instead, I marveled at the violets on the front slope.



The rest of the afternoon will be spent taking in the view. The hammock is back in place for another season.



It's 70 degrees and sunny.

Things are going to pop.

Violets. The weeds I've learned to live with.



Camellia blooms.



Wintersown seedlings ready to be planted out.





Fancy daffodils. I planted the Eucalyptus last fall.



Tulip foliage. Will they bloom? Planted in the fall of 2007.



Ancient tulip foliage.



New growth on the unknown shrub, possibly cornus mas, probably not.



Lilies?



It's exciting to see these things return or grow. Thunderstorms and heavy rain passed through last night. It's 52 degrees. The high today might reach 70. There's fog this morning. The clouds have rolled out.

Second cup of coffee stroll:

Across the street, forsythia is starting to bloom. My own, rooted last spring, are putting out new leaves, no blooms.



New daffs in the perennial bed.



Daffs on the front slope. 200 went in this winter.



The Belle of Georgia peach is coming to life.