To plant out the trees and shrubs I’m propagating now.

Eastern red cedar

Boxwood

Red and yellow twig dogwood

Summer is time to prepare new beds for fall planting, stack and dry firewood, build winter cover frames to support burlap.

Learned after this spring that the order of affairs needs to be as follows:

January- forced bulbs indoors, citrus, perhaps winter sweet and witch hazel, asian greens and salanova lettuce in cold frames

February- begin some seeds indoors, list tbd

March- ground still frozen, grow in cold frames, hellebore and snow drops begin

April- early magnolia, tulips, daffodils, carrots, arugula, spinach, brassicas, hydrangeas leaf out

May- Allium globes, prolific pollinators, plant sales for natives and organic veg

June- warms up fast, tomatoes, basil, peppers, squash, pumpkin, melon

Spring is too wet to build new beds.

Gold finches and allium.

15 new baby wild turkey 2 big mamas, they live on our lot.

Walks up the lane filled with glorious rhododendron, mountain laurel, fern.

4 season living is a dream!