The Colors Of Spring

 

Color...this is definitely a spring full 

of color for us here on the farm.

This time last year

THIS 

is what our fenced in

area close to the house looked like...

  ....it was brown dirt and sand.

  

 

On March the 24th THIS year

I mowed the lawn for the first time this year

and most of the plants I had put in the garden

last year were up.

The daffodils were blooming.

It was the beginning of color here on the farm.

 

 

 This is my favorite Hosta...

it's name is Marmalade.

:)

It's a perfect name don't you think?

 

Right now the Columbine are the stars

of the garden.

I love their soft pinks and yellows. 

I'd like to plant more of these if I can find them.

 

The 'Fairy House' yard needs a bit of work.

 

 

 

The rhododendron I planted last fall

is starting to bloom.

I just hope all these plants still look good 

when the hot summer sun is here

as one of the trees that gave 

a lot of these plants 

the shade

they needed has

all but died. 

Many of them will have to be moved

if the sun becomes too much for them

but time will tell.  

  

This is another Hosta I really like.

I thought the heat and drought 

last summer had killed it 

and a few of the others

including 'Marmalade'

but they shocked me by

coming back. 

:)

 

This poor weather vane 

has moved 3 times

with us and has been knocked over

and blown over

and been beaten with hail. 

This summer it will again be covered

with Red Trumpet Vine

that has been here for many years.

Yes it's definitely 

a colorful spring on the farm

and summer will

have a hard act to follow.

I hope you are enjoying a colorful

spring where ever you are.

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