MEMORIAL DAY 2010

I can't remember our garden being this far developed this early in the season. By my reconning the garden blooming and growth cycle is about one month ahead of schedule. It's also the lushest its ever been, though most likely that's the result of ten years of gardening, trial and error, negligence, survival of the fittest, stumbling across the plants that fit our 'local' environment and maintenance style.

SPRING GARDEN 2010

SPRING CAME VERY EARLY. WHAT I WOULD CALL LATE SPRING (THE NICER WEATHER PART OF SPRING) STARTED NEARLY 1 1/2 MONTHS EARLY. WE HAVE HAD NICE, WARMER AND DRY WEATHER SINCE THE MIDDLE OF MARCH - NEVER REMEMBER IT STARTING THIS EARLY. IS THIS A SIGN OF A CLIMATE/WEATHER SHIFT?
THIS YEAR I WAS ABLE TO GET A GOOD JUMP ON CLEANING-UP AND PREPING THE GARDEN - A GOOD ONE MONTH EARLY, AND VERY WELCOME SINCE I COULDN'T DO MUCH IN THE GARDEN THE LAST THREE YEARS AND IT TOOK ON A TOTAL ALL-NATURAL CHAOS LOOK. NOT THE LOOK WE WERE HOPING TO ACHIEVE. WE WANTED THE MORE FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZED CHAOS LOOK . BUT MORE ON THAT LATER - NOW JUST ENJOY SOME PICTURES FROM MARCH/APRIL 2010 FROM OUR GARDEN.

SPRING IS HERE, ONLY ITS EARLY APRIL . . .

WE'VE BEEN HAVING SPRING FOR NEARLY TWO WEEKS. IT'S INCREDIBLE !