Spring Rush- The Early Risers
A rush of spring warmth has ushered in a new season and with this new season comes my annual posts giving coverage of the arrival of spring to the area. Spring has officially sprung with several...
View ArticleSpring Marches Quickly Foreword
It may still be a week before the spring solstice but spring is marching on at a fast pace for us thanks to a very mild first half of the month. 60 and 70 degree highs have dominated the weather (...
View ArticleDaffodil Days
Cool weather even snow showers over the weekend put a damper on spring and really slowed things down, however it has warmed back up and today it was in the middle 60s putting everything is back on...
View ArticleApril Showers & April Flowers
We had the April showers last week with some thunderstorms and rain and we definitely now have the flowers! Unfortunately those thunderstorms came with several cold fronts that brought a roller coaster...
View ArticleAll About Redbud
What a beautiful time of year to be in our area! Mid spring is upon us and one can definitely tell as signs of spring’s beauty can be seen at every turn. Currently all of the mid spring flowering trees...
View ArticleOld Spring Favorites, New Spring trials
Spring continues to trek on and it’s not stopping for no one! We are on the spring seasons last flowers as spring bulbs give way to a flurry of other spring favorites including Crab apples, Redbuds as...
View ArticleFlowers of the Transitional Season
Spring is over and the humidity of another long Iowa summer has arrived. The foliage of Tulips and other spring flowers that once graced that landscape last month are starting to fade and the garden...
View ArticleFirst flower of 2017
Today the first flower of 2017 opened an award that goes to this single Snowdrop ( Galanthus Elwesii ) This is exactly one week later then last years first making it the second year in a row with mid...
View ArticleSpring Update #1 Winter, What Winter?
I was going to make a post about how to create winter interest in the garden but it seemed like we really didn’t have much of one this year. This month we’ve really only had 4 days with temperatures...
View ArticleSpring growth at unprecedented early levels
The past seven days have seemed like they came strait out of a week in April or even May! We’ve had an unprecedented warm spell with many days being in the 60s and three of those days in the 70s which...
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