Monthly Garden Photos - May

 The house has windows with fixed screens so we take them out in autumn to allow more sunlight to stream in during the winter months. The first few months of these monthly shots were taken from an upstairs window before the screen was put in for the spring/summer. This month I have had to shift positions a bit but you should still be able to see the comparisons.

Hortus Conclusus and the Family Pond 

View from Kitchen Window - no screen

outside Hortus Conclusus facing South

Tulips, lettuces, cilantro and broccoli growing to

Outside Wisteria Studios, My Papermaking Workshop

 Some progress. Moved the bench outside. All of the herbs and Creeping Jenny survived. Not sure if you can see them all growing yet. The Wisteria is beginning to leaf out.

Morning Glory seeds were sown in the pots and will cover the wall as the season progresses. Geraniums, petunias and other colorful annuals will be purchased and planted this week.

Birdbath in the Perennial Border

The Privet hedge has leafed out. The perennials are getting larger.

View of Perennial Border with Wisteria Studios and my husband's workshop in the background

Hello Springtime!

Hibernation is finally over! The sun is shining brightly through the windows, the birds are singing and the gardens are calling me. Out I go as soon as this post is published!

Vintage Comic originally printed on this day in 1999

My mother clipped this comic strip out of the newspaper, wrote the caption on top and mailed it to me in 1999. She knew me quite well! I still feel this way each spring!