Sunday Stroll
So many leaves have popped since the last time I had a chance to post a Sunday Stroll, so this is a long one! While I’ve got a few flowers, there are many more buds yet to open and I’m impatiently awaiting the show they’ll put on in June.
The bleeding hearts are taking over the partially shaded back garden, even after I pruned them back and picked a bunch of the flowers yesterday. Believe it or not, this is only their second year in bloom.
Buds on the blue lace-cap hydrangea in the back garden. This will be the first of my many hydrangeas to bloom.
The peony in the front flower garden has a bunch of buds, and I can’t wait to see those big pink blooms.
Our one and only apple blossom. I’m surprised that the Jonathan tree got a blossom so soon after we planted it, but I’m happy to report that all six trees are alive. I don’t expect an apple this year because there’s no other flower to pollinate it. Unless, of course, a bee makes her way from my parent’s orchard a few minutes away.
The mixed baby lettuce is doing well.
The spinach that overwintered is ready to pick.
The peas have started to climb up their wire supports.
One of the heritage red raspberries in our brand new berry patch.
Some wildflowers in the neighboring hayfield.
Our two sugar maples that we planted last fall survived the winter and are full of bright green leaves.
To see who else is strolling today, visit the Quiet Country House.
