The bizarre weather this spring has kept me out of the garden. After the early "too warm" days, we had a few cold weeks and no rain. Then several cold, rainy days improved the precipitation level to a little under normal. As soon as the temperature improved, the landscapers starting applying chemicals to the lawns--and I avoided the garden until the chemicals washed into the soil. Now, with a severe storm warning for this evening that might shred the buds and leaves with straight line winds and hail, I took my camera out to the garden. With improving weather between the front that just left and the approaching cold front, the breeze was stiff but I was able to get some photos of the emerging garden.
Bleeding Heart
Chive bud
Bird bath with heuchera fronds, Creeping Jenny and primrose
Creeping Jenny and primrose up close
Siberian Iris buds within the leaf blades
A field of Baptisia or False Indigo buds
Heuchera
another Heuchera
Lilac buds
Peony buds
Water droplets on the Lady's Mantle
and a few friends--
Red Squirrel, new to the garden this year
Sparrow waiting for me to leave so that he can go back to the nest under the deck.
And, of course, some weeds--
Buttercups in the lawn (that the chemicals didn't kill!)
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