Yard Pictures from Sunday
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gardeningYesterday before we went out, I took some yard pictures. It was finally sunny, so I got good ones this time.
The kinetic sculpture beside the barrel garden blew down. I didn't realize it until after I took this picture. All the pieces are intact, just needed to be set upright again.
There's a large puddle in the field east of the house, left after recent rains.
Lemon balm is growing around the drain hose. If you look closely, you can see ladybugs coming out. Mostly we have the pink-spotted kind. They like to sleep in the leaf litter. Sometimes I see so many that they make a pink slab. :D
Tansy is growing in the strip garden.
The pinkish-purple leaves are bergamot. Some of it has pale lavender flowers like the wild type, and some has red flowers.
The base of the apricot tree has comfrey sprouting. This is a great miner plant that brings up nutrients from deep below. The leaves make good fertilizer using the slash-and-drop method several times in the growing season -- or you can just mow over it. The pale blue-to-pink flowers attract bees.
Here is a better picture of the apricot blossoms.
Daffodils are in full bloom at the edge of the south lot where it joins the forest garden.
This big old black walnut tree is still alive, but has some dead branches at the top. That makes a popular roosting spot for large birds like owls and hawks. Twice we've seen a bald eagle fly out of our yard. :D The walnut stands at the southwest corner of the forest yard where it meets the south lot.
This field southwest of the house also has a big puddle.
This is the inner row of windbreak trees in the savanna. The first one at the bottom is a Dolgo crabapple leafing out red. Toward the middle you can see some daffodils blooming.
This is a closeup of the bee tree. That slanted area is a big knothole forming the hive entrance. If you look closely, you can see a honeybee returning to the hive. A few scouts were active when I took the picture.
Crocus bloom around a sapling in the savanna.
Here is a closeup of a purple crocus under another sapling.
Snowdrops have seeded themselves around the east end of the savanna.
This patch is now in full bloom.
Daffodils are blooming in the bed by the parking lot. This patch holds some of the fancier ones.
Among my favorites are these with white base petals and pale yellow, ruffled cups.
More daffodils are blooming under the Home Base mulberry tree.
The goddess garden has bronze crocus blooming.
Here is a closeup. These are a deep yellow, almost orange, with purplish-brown on the outside of the petals.
Purple and white crocus are blooming in the rain garden under the downspout.
The kinetic sculpture beside the barrel garden blew down. I didn't realize it until after I took this picture. All the pieces are intact, just needed to be set upright again.
There's a large puddle in the field east of the house, left after recent rains.
Lemon balm is growing around the drain hose. If you look closely, you can see ladybugs coming out. Mostly we have the pink-spotted kind. They like to sleep in the leaf litter. Sometimes I see so many that they make a pink slab. :D
Tansy is growing in the strip garden.
The pinkish-purple leaves are bergamot. Some of it has pale lavender flowers like the wild type, and some has red flowers.
The base of the apricot tree has comfrey sprouting. This is a great miner plant that brings up nutrients from deep below. The leaves make good fertilizer using the slash-and-drop method several times in the growing season -- or you can just mow over it. The pale blue-to-pink flowers attract bees.
Here is a better picture of the apricot blossoms.
Daffodils are in full bloom at the edge of the south lot where it joins the forest garden.
This big old black walnut tree is still alive, but has some dead branches at the top. That makes a popular roosting spot for large birds like owls and hawks. Twice we've seen a bald eagle fly out of our yard. :D The walnut stands at the southwest corner of the forest yard where it meets the south lot.
This field southwest of the house also has a big puddle.
This is the inner row of windbreak trees in the savanna. The first one at the bottom is a Dolgo crabapple leafing out red. Toward the middle you can see some daffodils blooming.
This is a closeup of the bee tree. That slanted area is a big knothole forming the hive entrance. If you look closely, you can see a honeybee returning to the hive. A few scouts were active when I took the picture.
Crocus bloom around a sapling in the savanna.
Here is a closeup of a purple crocus under another sapling.
Snowdrops have seeded themselves around the east end of the savanna.
This patch is now in full bloom.
Daffodils are blooming in the bed by the parking lot. This patch holds some of the fancier ones.
Among my favorites are these with white base petals and pale yellow, ruffled cups.
More daffodils are blooming under the Home Base mulberry tree.
The goddess garden has bronze crocus blooming.
Here is a closeup. These are a deep yellow, almost orange, with purplish-brown on the outside of the petals.
Purple and white crocus are blooming in the rain garden under the downspout.
Thank you!
Date: 2022-04-05 01:45 am (UTC)I'm glad you liked them.
>> Your daffodils are further along than ours, though many of our neighbors’ are as well. <<
Aside from north-south location, two main things influence this:
* Daffodils as a group have a wide bloom time. Different cultivars bloom early, middle, or late season. Some bulb companies offer a full-season mixture.
* Daffodils are sensitive to sun and temperature. Those growing close to a heat sink like a stone wall, or in town, will bloom sooner than those in a cooler place like an open country field. Mine bloom later than the ones in town, but among the first are often those under the big maple, facing the sunny south lot.