A Walk in the Woods of New Hampshire

We went looking for wildflowers in the woods in Plainfield, NH.  It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon for a walk too.  The wildflowers are late this year but that worked to our benefit.  They are usual gone by this time.  Enjoy the walk with us.

Trillium

 Toad lily

violets

Blood root

 Spring beauty

Ferns

Ramps

We had some of these with our scrambled eggs the next morning.

Scenes from Here

The morning light was yellow as I recorded what was blooming on this day in May.

The first of the irises with others showing promise of future lovely blooms in the weeks ahead,

These Johnny Jump-ups are volunteers growing next to the perennial garden compost bin.  I even transplanted some of them to other spots.  I hate to pull up something flowering at this time of year so there are other flowers not where they were ever planted.

The largest of the bleeding heart.

Forget Me Not under the tuteur for the clematis.

The first columbine.

Lilies of the valley outside Dan's study door.  After I took this photo I picked all that were blooming and brought them in (see below).  They have such a heavenly scent.  The ones that grow outside the front door won't bloom for another week or more because of the northern exposure there.  These get the warmth of the sun on the stone wall.

Ajuga blooms.

More Forget Me Nots among the creeping phlox which is really pink but not particularly in this photo.

More ajuga pond side.

Violets are scattered every where.

New fiddleheads.

The Japanese maple is such a lovely shade of red with its new leaves.

Here is the sign I ordered from Etsy DotTwoDotDesigns to commemorate the front garden in my Mom's memory.  It came out lovely.  We had a thunder storm come through at noon time so that's why there are beads of water all over it.

And I'm enjoying these flowers inside now too.

Harvest Monday - May 5th

Thursday of last week I was able to pick lettuce directly from the garden for the first time for our evening meal.  I harvested two types: butter crunch and green ice.  They made a delicious salad.

Tomatoes could be looking better.  After Mother's Day they will go into the garden.  I've been hardening them off and exposing them to natural sunlight.

How does your garden grow?

Harvest Monday with Daphne.

Gardening for Granny.

Friday Shots - May 2

With all our rain here this week the garden exploded with growth.

The green canopy is filling out.

The toads appeared in the pond to mate and lay eggs.

I was worried that the goldfish would be washed out but many remain.

Plants are growing in leaps and bounds.

The first iris bloomed for May Day.

Remember the skunk cabbage last week?

 Washed over by flooding creek this week.

The wetlands covered in silt.

It will recover in no time and be only a memory.