PART II of "Spring Is Here"

 

This little chickadee really confused me this week.  First he came out of one birdhouse

where I can hear babies and then he went

into another birdhouse where there

are babies.  Very confusing.

We have projects going on

 everywhere. My husband is

 moving the old wooden arbor to a new location (after he gets it painted). Right now though he is working on putting a store bought metal pergola together to go over the deck.

 

I have always loved

this saying:

  What a beautiful time of the

year now!  

This is my replacement birdbath:

SPRING IS HERE AND THE GARDEN IS NO LONGER LOCKED DOWN

 With overcast skies it was a perfect

time to catch some photos of my garden

today and share springtime:

I am sure you are like me and ready for

a consistent springtime.  We had two

nights a week ago that we had a freeze

and that was not nice for us garden lovers.

This year is my 5th garden year but

it will be our 6th summer in Missouri.

I am learning that once a garden

is established, there are always

things to share with others or

else it gets overrun.  I can't imagine

a selfish person having a garden as

it would become a jungle for sure.

Yesterday I started potting things for

our Daughter in Law.  She just

received her Doctorate and they

are moving here in town so she will be needing 

flowers for a new garden.  I am

very happy that she was hired at the

University of Missouri so they

won't be moving away. 

With overcast skies it was a

perfect photo day so I did some

collages because I had so many

photos:

The birdhouses have sparrows.

The bluebirds checked some of

our birdhouses out but wouldn't

take them.  All my Beatrix Potter

statuary has faired well this winter

since my husband and I covered 

them this time.  I have my replacement

 bird bath too for the one that cracked 

from not being covered 2 winters ago.

On the side of the house:

I hope your spring is lovely 

and I have exciting news.

I just had my very first

hummingbird for the season!

STRAWBERRY HILL FARMS IS OPEN

 Don't you love it when your local

growers open up for business:

Yesterday our spring weather

finally came back so I returned

to a favorite place to see what they

might of added from a few weeks ago.

So this family business is south of town where they have upwards of 50 greenhouses 

where they grow.  You have probably seen how they cover a frame with heavy plastic and create a greenhouse. In other words,

 they aren't just reselling someone else's product but growing it

themselves.

This place closes from labor day

to April but I imagine they are

busy planting in the greenhouses

starting in late January or February.

Many of the back row of 

greenhouses had seedings

coming along:

They  have such a wide variety of

things....many I have never heard of: 

Of course I love the topiaries but

have no way to bring them in at

wintertime so I already made that

mistake.

You might enjoy "googling" who

grows plants in your area.

BIRDIES YOU NEVER KNEW YOU HAD

 Yesterday it was fun to go to a friend's

charming home with some other lady

 friends who I hadn't seen in a long time

 and Karen served a delicious tea time. 

Karen has quite a gift of hospitality

and shares her lovely home with many.

 I should have taken my

camera.  

  Later on in the evening I heard

 chirping on my

little front porch.

I had no idea that there were baby birds

in that green birdhouse.  Apparently

they had all decided it was time to get

 out of there and go but none could fly

 and there they were jumping around 

on the sidewalk.  They were those cute

 Carolina Wrens that are rust colored

 and short and fat.  They leave our area in 

the cold of winter but have recently returned.

 I love those little birds

 but out into the garden they hopped

 and I feared  for them all night as it

 was cold and

rained. 

I hope their Mother finds them

and feeds them for a few days! 

I am also sharing this

Kirsten and Joerg

YOU TUBE VIDEO:

Jane Austen Road trip :

this is a new video I just saw

posted that looks really

fun!

FRONT YARD TULIPS

 Just sharing our front yard

while the tulips are still

blooming:

Would you believe I dug up all the
orange ones and relocated them

to the back side.

Last year and this spring
I worked on this area trying
to conceal a utility box. 

The pussy willow in the front

was here when we came 5 years

ago and requires a lot of pruning:

And lastly over by the driveway:

So this is springtime in Missouri

with cool temperatures but

perfect for springtime flowers.

SUNDAY CELEBRATION

 

FIRST "TEA IN THE GARDEN" for 2021

 Hello dear friends and welcome to

my first "Tea In The Garden for

the 2021 season:

As you can see - we have lots of

pretty tulips and still some daffodils

to brighten up the garden.

I am also sharing our new arbor

which we purchased a while back

in St. Louis.  We got it from an

antique mall that has a booth that

sells those metal garden items.

I hope you would love some tea

as I have some lovely black tea today.

Please pour yourself a cup and

also enjoy an apple puff.  (recipe

here)  I have set our little table with some

spring type English tea wares.

I do adore my Royal Winton

tea set which was like the ones

Victoria Magazine sold year

ago!

I have been working in the garden

quite a bit and actually removed

quite a lot of coneflowers which

were coming up in too many places.

People take anything I put out for

free on the driveaway.  As I was

on my daily walk last night I looked

at yards and wondered who might

have planted something from our yard.

My husband painted the arbor green

first but then decided it didn't show

up well so he changed it to white. 

Next, he is repairing and moving the old

blue wooden one to go in front of the gate.

We have had lovely violets blooming

around front and now the forget me

nots.  Our weather is still cool with a

few warmer days.  It is wonderful to

once again enjoy a green lawn.

The next thing to bloom will be the alliums

and the irises and the lilac bushes.  In

the meantime - cooler weather is coming

our way again.  Some of you will be

getting snow and for us it will be some

rain again.