As winter fades into spring, life reemerges.
Category: Plants
Budding Boxwood
Nature’s first green is gold.
First Squills
The Siberian Squill that I planted eight years ago in the sidewalk tree beds out front are still going strong, and are often the first thing on our block to bloom.
First Daffodil Blooms
The daffodils I planted last autumn are starting to bloom.
First Sign of Spring
Today’s warm weather was a fluke, but nonetheless I spotted the first sign of spring in the garden — a few early shoots pushing up from bulbs that were planted last autumn.
Fall Color
Autumn color in the big city as the tiny trees growing in the fence planters prepare for winter.
Runner Bean Harvest
I planted the runner beans too late in the season — we did get some nice vines, and some lovely flowers, but by the time they were getting ready to set fruit it had already turned cool, and in the end there was only one actual pod that was large enough to harvest, yielding just four beans — hardly enough to be worth cooking, so I’ll set them aside to dry and be planted next year… hopefully a little earlier this time!
Final Tomato Harvest
Last of the little yellow pear tomatoes from my windowsill.
Late Tomato Harvest
Last of the beefsteaks.
Late Night Planting
How is this my life? Planting daffodil bulbs at night, in the rain.
Total of ten sidewalk treebeds successfully planted tonight, with between one and four dozen daffodil bulbs each, plus a sprinkling of wildflower seeds from a field in the Hudson Valley that we visited this summer. Thank goodness I’m almost done with the autumn planting!
