More Spring Showers

Posted on May 6, 2016 by glenalmus

the bumble bees love the dead nettle

Lots of buttercups this year

The bleeding heart was totally wiped out from the deep frost we had a couple weeks ago.

They have come back.

Our last butternut squash from our 2015 harvest.

viburnum, abelia and ranunculus

My mom and sister visited for a couple of days.

A good excuse to splurge on flowers from the farmers market.

ranunculus

magenta orach – a good addition to salad – volunteers from the insectary mix we grew last year in the barn garden

early scarlet globe radishes

Spring Showers

Posted on May 1, 2016 by glenalmus

Two months of winds, three weeks of dryness and then a week of rain and more to come. Spring has sprung!

sweet woodruff

Less than a month old and the chicks are down by the spring house foraging with the rest of the flock.

Leo

A proud and dutiful protector and provider. I saw him give a little crawly thing to one of the chicks.

I believe this is the youngest chick.

See all the marvelous watercress in the spring. I must remember to harvest some for lunch.

Dave can’t resist and the chick soon settles down.