Spring in the Woods

We had a dry April mostly with above normal temperatures. We weren’t complaining because it is spring.

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Molly began her garden plan in late winter and started tomato and other seeds indoors. In late March into April she’s been planting onions and potatoes in the garden along with seeds and this weekend she hopes to plant her indoor-started plants in the garden.

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I’ve been taking walks when there’s been a chance and one day I noticed that the redbud trees were blooming. This is a small redbud tree on the edge of the garden. In the background the large shed and the shack can barely be seen.

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Along with buds there are bugs!

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And flowering dogwoods of course.

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This is a patch of wild dwarf iris on the county line road south of our home. I hadn’t noticed this patch before. There is another patch across the road from our house and even more iris in the hollows. The iris is flowering now.

We’ve had a week or more of rain and it’s cooler. The rain encouraged the trees to leaf out. Last week we could see our garden from the house, now we can’t because of all the green.

 

May 6, 2016