A photo posted by Ilona (@ilonagarden) on Mar 30, 2016 at 11:22am PDT April is always one of the busiest times in the spring garden season. If perennials didn’t go in during March, they will definitely need to be planted during April. Getting the earliest crops of the vegetable patch planted, whatever new trees are to…
April
Plant Your Apples Now
Remember yesterday’s video from The Brooklyn Kitchen? I just love all their videos, and this one is about “heirloom apples”. I planted a couple heirloom apple varieties many years ago. One, the Cox’s orange pippin, is the old variety that has been improved and marketed as “Gala” apples. Yeah! Anyway, if you are interested in…
April Chores, April Thoughts, April Sights
intense blue scilla We’ve had a bit of the blustery and it reminded my husband and I of our daughters April wedding some years ago. A surprise blizzard on the day was a challenge as out of town guests battled their way through difficult conditions to get here. but the memories were sweet for all…
Garden Report: April’s End
So much happened in April. The cold kept spring bloom at bay until it could be held no more, and the burst of unseasonal warmth had the unusual effect of almost everything blooming at once. Then it heated up and caused some of the daffodils and hyacinths to go by more quickly than usual. Now…
April Poetry
Azure and Gold by Amy Lowell(1874-1925) April had covered the hillsWith flickering yellows and reds,The sparkle and coolness of snowWas blown from the mountain beds. Across a deep-sunken streamThe pink of blossoming trees,And from windless applebloomsThe humming of many bees. The air was of rose and goldArabesqued with the song of birdsWho, swinging unseen under…
Apricots in April
Here are a few of the photos I took this past week of what is blooming in my yard. I chose those with apricot and orange to orange red colorations to show you how pretty some things could be together. One thing blooming which is not included, but could be, is the Hyacinth “Gypsy Queen”….
rain, rain and more rain
i suppose these endless showers, heavy rains and thunderstorms would be manna from heaven down here in the southern summertime. in spring’s beginning work ,these continual downpours bring garden work to a screaming halt. i paddle out in my bootsto feed the horses and check for any growth in the new asparagus bed. there is…
Frozen Assets
It is Easter Sunday today and the story in the garden is one of premature endings. After the freezing temperatures and intermittent snow, the spring blooms are burst and wilted. The winding cycles of the seasons means this one is over and it waits til next years promise to be better fulfilled than this one…
April Wedding Flowers
I found a picture that shows the lantern centerpiece idea. My own interpretation will use a couple moss covered mounds to pick the flowers into. Since the wedding date was moved to april, theoretically the flower arrangement should become easier. Lantern centerpiece Here are the flowers available for April arrangements:AlliumArtichokeAlstromeria Babies Breath Bells of Ireland…