Spring .... part 2

Spring is a very welcome season after a cold winter. I know spring is on it's way when in the morning I start to hear the birds sing. Sure they "talk" to each other in the winter but in the spring they really start to sing. It is such a welcome sound. Another thing I start to look for is the male Red-Winged Blackbird. We can usually expect to still see some snow after there arrival but I know it's near the end when they return to town.

Then I love to watch things start to come up out of the ground, the landscape turn many shades of green as trees start to leaf out and grass starts to grow again. There are the wonderful soaking rains that water all these plants and if your lucky the sun will peek out while it's still raining and create a rainbow. As spring nears its end the temperature starts to rise and the heat needs to kick on less and less. We may even see days here & there of the higher temperatures of summer.

Here are some of the plants blooming in my garden as spring nears its end and summer approaches.



This is a time of year that in my garden I don't have as much in bloom. I hope to work in a few more things for this time of year and rework the bones of the garden so it looks good without a lot of blooms.

Stay tuned for summer photos.

Spring

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Spring is one of the four temperate seasons. Spring marks the transition from winter into summer. Its days are nearly twelve hours long with increasing day length, as it occurs near the time of an equinox. Annuals bloom in the spring. In the Northern Hemisphere, holidays such as Easter and Earth Day occur during the spring, which runs from March into June."

One of the things I love about spring is watching all the changes taking place outdoors. It starts with a decrease in the amount of snow falling, the melting of the snow on the ground. It can be kind of ugly at first. Then slowly plants start to poke out of the ground.



Depending on the weather things can move along slowly or with amazing speed. I am amazed at times by how quickly the plants can grow. And savor the times when it stays cool enough for the flowers to last a while.

Some of the first to bloom are the snowdrops and crocus:


Then about a month later, in my garden, things really pick up steam:


By May 11th even more is in bloom and growing:



to be continued.....

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