topiary ducks

These cute ducky topiary...installed today ...anyone want some ...all sorts of topiary available ... can't wait for the plants to sprout out of them ...

New Moon in May

I have not posted in a few weeks...well since the full moon ... of course this time of the season it is busy ..but we ended the month of April with the most rain in that month in something like 140 years...it did rain what seemed like every day ... we have had a few days of good dry weather ..but the temps are cool ... last night it was about 40 degrees in the city center .. my little starts and plants that I have out are startled... I know I have been pushing it a bit , but I need to oplant at home when I get the chance... I love the spring months ... it is warmer ... and the trees are greening and flowers are popping up everywhere ... seems the color is in stark contrast to the grey winter... I like to cut flowers in the garden and bring them into the home... I think it makes for a smile... I start early when I prune shrubs and trees bringing in the the branches and forcing them ... and recently I picked tulips from my garden in central Illinois... there we are a few weeks ahead...and this month when I go the lilacs will be blooming ... here are pics of my tulips and a lonely pasque flower that I could not pick yet but love it because it is such an early bloomer...oh and some hyacinth, perfect spring scent.