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In the garden

Lilysmom1 — Sun, 07 Apr 2024 08:36:22 GMT

We have been busy here in Nova Scotia with Spring cleanup. We are also moving shrubs and taking some out altogether. We are in this property 19 years now so the gardens are mature. So far we have taken out a nesting Spruce and a dapple willow and moved a 15 year old weeping mulberry and three hydrangeas.

Our croscus are up but no daffodils yet. Very wet Spring. We had 246 mm of rain in March, the norm around 130. My brother in West Coast interior British Columbia doesn't get that much all year.

We have had some winter damage because of the weight of snow, mostly to Rhodos. I think the Azaleas do much better in that regard.

We are going to have a good year for blooms. No polar blast this year.

How are your gardens shaping up?

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Desertdi — Sun, 07 Apr 2024 09:16:50 GMT

@Lilysmom1

I want that stone BUNNY!!!!

My arborist is coming tomorrow to trim my trees...and then the crew will do a total yard cleanup.

Love your photos... di

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Lilysmom1 — Sun, 07 Apr 2024 09:46:39 GMT

@Desertdi , that bunny, along with two others, makes a set of three gifted to us by my BIL who is quite a gardener. They are so cute.

It is so nice to be out working in the garden...between the late Spring snowfalls. It is the perfect time to move things...while they are still dormant.

I could use that arborist!

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Desertdi — Sun, 07 Apr 2024 10:14:48 GMT

@Lilysmom1 I buy any "bunny" I can find in garden shops! The problem is......I really don't want to put them out in the elements.....sooooo, I also have a few of them scattered around the house.

The arborist is my yard "LUXURY"...but he does an excellent job...keeps the wind from howling thru the trees (which are taller than a 2-story house).

Well, I can't complain, since shade is also a luxury on the desert!

Keep those photos coming, and Happy Spring. di

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Lilysmom1 — Sun, 07 Apr 2024 11:32:55 GMT

@Desertdi These stone bunnies are very heavy. I bring them in over winter because they would be buried in the snow...tripping hazards!

I have a new metal garden piece but, for some reason, the photo is too large. Will post as we move into the season.

I was lakeside yesterday setting things up. Nice to have the chairs and swings out!

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PINKdogWOOD — Sun, 07 Apr 2024 11:35:10 GMT

@Lilysmom1 It's been a relatively mild winter here, temps not too bad, not much snow but certainly cold enough to get bulbs going for springtime.

From December forward we had spurts of warm temps warm enough that we've been sitting on the front porch a few times in every month - crazy I say! Ever since the first day of Spring, the weather decided to be cold and rainy though the daffs have done good, crocuses too. Serviceberry is in full bloom, dogwoods just now beginning to show the slightest leaf pop. The maple next door is leafing out, our red Japanese maple has been leafing out for a couple of weeks now. With all the rain, lawns are greening up and growing quickly.

Ahh Spring, LOVE IT!

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gardenman — Sun, 07 Apr 2024 11:51:31 GMT

My gardening these days is all indoor, but it's doing well. (Photo below.) My African Violets grown from seed are mostly flowering. A Gloxinia I grew from seed is doing very well. I've got some tuberous begonias potted up and two of the three are actively growing. They'll do well as houseplants. On the bottom shelf in the photo below, you'll find my newest addition, my cat, Holly who I adopted on February 22nd after a fellow resident here died and left her behind. For whatever reason Holly loves to lie under the plant lights and sleep in one of the trays. (The white feet belong to her.) The cat grass needs replanting and the gloxinia is doing better than expected, so I'll plant some more gloxinia seeds pretty soon.

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Dazlin — Sun, 07 Apr 2024 11:52:40 GMT

@Lilysmom1 , I love the bunnies too. I have a few around. Also lots of live ones too 🐰🐇, brown ones...too cute.

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cheriere — Sun, 07 Apr 2024 12:58:04 GMT

@Lilysmom1

Your garden is looking beautiful! I want that bunny too! I've never met anyone from Nova Scotia before. It's nice to call you my friend.😊💝🌸

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Lilysmom1 — Sun, 07 Apr 2024 14:07:29 GMT

@gardenman I am happy you still garden. Beautiful looking with lots of colour!

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Lilysmom1 — Sun, 07 Apr 2024 14:14:39 GMT

@PINKdogWOOD Nice to be talking gardening again! Of course, you are way ahead of me. Winter is still in a fighting match for dominance with Spring. I took off my winter tires last Tuesday and we had snow Thursday and Friday. No leafing out here yet but I can see our lilacs will be good this year.

Most people would not attempt to move the size we move but we are pretty good at it. DH swears he has moved everything on this two acres at least three times lol. He is very good to humor me without complaint. It helps that he knows as much about it as I do..

It would be nice to see more sun!

We have the eclipse happening tomorrow.

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gardenman — Sun, 07 Apr 2024 14:17:55 GMT

@Lilysmom1 wrote:
@gardenman I am happy you still garden. Beautiful looking with lots of colour!

I had all kinds of plans for a balcony garden here as 97 of the 99 apartments have a balcony. A former neighbor hearing I'd be moving in here joked that my balcony would look like the hanging gardens of Babylon. He wasn't far off, but I ended up in one of the two apartments without a balcony. Such is life. So, my gardening is now completely indoors and mostly under lights. You adapt and go on.

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HLP — Sun, 07 Apr 2024 14:38:28 GMT

@Lilysmom1 wrote:
We have been busy here in Nova Scotia with Spring cleanup. We are also moving shrubs and taking some out altogether. We are in this property 19 years now so the gardens are mature. So far we have taken out a nesting Spruce and a dapple willow and moved a 15 year old weeping mulberry and three hydrangeas.

Our croscus are up but no daffodils yet. Very wet Spring. We had 246 mm of rain in March, the norm around 130. My brother in West Coast interior British Columbia doesn't get that much all year.

We have had some winter damage because of the weight of snow, mostly to Rhodos. I think the Azaleas do much better in that regard.

We are going to have a good year for blooms. No polar blast this year.

How are your gardens shaping up?

Hi Lilysmom 1, Been wondering when you were going to put some pictures on, and of course i am enjoying yours today. My weeping cherry is coming out beautiful, but we are having cold night.Spring flowers are out in beds, and I'm worring about my Magnolia tree, full of buds and 30 degrees this morning. All the bushes I copied from you have survived but not out yet. My Son and DIL are out mowing for the first time this Spring.Love your place and all the decoration. I'll keep checking, you know if you get something new and different, I'll want one too.Happy Spring to you.

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BirkiLady — Sun, 07 Apr 2024 17:06:06 GMT

We had high winds all day (yesterday) which resulted in several large tree limbs falling into my yard from the neighbor's tree. They don't trim that tree and this is a regular process, which I'll never comprehend. I've lugged the limbs off my lawn and called the tree company to come shred them.

During the night we finally received a gentle rain (about .30") which was really needed. It's a start in the April showers! Everything has been growing beautifully this year. We've had a very strange winter/spring with very little snow or moisture. I've been watering since February!

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Pezzie — Sun, 07 Apr 2024 17:07:17 GMT

@Lilysmom1 I look forward to your garden pics each season and really appreciate the amount of work it takes to have it looking the way it does. Winter clean up during spring is always such a chore, but the results are so satisfying, and you are so nice to share it with us.

I love the orange crocus? mixed with the purple. Beautiful!

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OKPrincess — Sun, 07 Apr 2024 20:38:51 GMT

@Lilysmom1

Hello. I look forward to your beautiful gardens every year to see what's new.

My gardening is very scaled back compared to yours.

We have three rose bushes in the front of the house which haven't bloomed yet. I may post a picture once they bloom. ☺️

Happy gardening 💐🌷🌺🪻🥀🌹🌞🐇🦋

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PA Mom-mom — Sun, 07 Apr 2024 21:09:34 GMT

@Lilysmom1 Thanks for your pictures! Looking forward to many more. Here in eastern PA we've had 4 inches of rain just this past week. Lots of rain prior to that monsoon as well. Most of the daffy's are on the way out, and the daylilies and hostas are showing leaves. Our rather young weeping cherry is at it's peak today. Too wet to work in the flower beds or mow.

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Alsace Gal — Sun, 07 Apr 2024 23:50:12 GMT

@Lilysmom1

Thanks for posting your lovely photos, love every one of them.

I started searching for bunnies and rabbits made of stone and cement. There's so many of them on Wayfair. I found two I have in my cart.

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luvmyteddy4 — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 01:48:03 GMT

I love to see garden pics.

I am so ready to figure out what to plant this spring since my backyard was destroyed last summer from a major storm. I'm starting over again in the back.

I bought so many concrete statues, pots, signs, birds, dogs, cats etc from a man that makes anything concrete in his garden shed. Many of the items are on rebar or go on the ground in my flower beds.

I started buying from him over 30 years ago.

My friend decided to start painting them this month all pretty colors since the concrete colors have faded. They were mostly painted to begin with.

My friend works part time in a nursery and he bought over 15 pots of plumeria plants today. No one wanted these since they re-bloom later. Pretty purple colors.

I can't wait to see what else he brings over. They will all be free which is the best part.

My garden will look spectacular again. The front yard already looks great and waiting for the azaleas to bloom and the rest of the flowers and bushes. My tulips and daffodils already have.

I haven't decided where everything will go yet.

This will be such a fun year to re-do everything. I wish I could take pics but this is a stupid chromebook that doesn't work with loading pics.

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luvmyteddy4 — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 02:07:31 GMT

This is part of my flower bed in the front yard but I've changed a lot of it over the years. This is one of the three circles I have in the front that make up the flower beds.

I got this older pic to work that is my fb page icon.