A more glorious day would be hard to imagine. Bright, sunny, nearly cloudless skies with high temperatures in the low 70s. Pinch me now, I must be dreaming.
Just when I was about to give up on Spring, Mother Nature sends forth this glorious day. Today was the New England Daylily Society annual plant sale at Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School in Danvers, MA. A bit of a travel to get there, but so worth it. As a member of 'NEDS', we spent Wednesday May 8th at Harmon Hill Daylily Farm in Hudson, NH digging daylilies for the sale. Thank you Carl and Marlene for the generous donations. I purchased some new varieties for my garden: Red Skeletons, Sabine Baur, Nick of Time and Huntress. Can't wait to see these beauties blooming; hopefully this July. Happy Dance.
Of late, I've been listening to Slow Flower's Podcast with Debra Prinzing. http://www.debraprinzing.com/c... Debra is so inspiring and her enthusiasm for local, cut flowers is contagious. This year I'm starting my own journey of growing cut flowers for my home and to share with family and friends. I'm also reading the following two books:
Floret Farm's Cut Flower Garden
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1452145768/
And Lisa Mason Ziegler's Vegetables Love Flowers
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0760357587/
As I wait for the weather to warm, I've been patiently tending my flower and vegetable seedlings in the greenhouse. This year I'm trying some new flower varieties; one of which is Stock - this is a deliciously, fragrant old-time flower popular in Victorian gardens. I believe it was originally brought to this country by Thomas Jefferson. You may recall this plant from your grandmother's gardens. It's not grown much these days, but I for one am hoping to help change that trend one flower at a time. I purchased the variety, Iron Blue, from Johnny's Seeds in Albion Maine
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0760357587/
While we wait for warmer weather here's some pictures from this past Saturday May 11th
Happy Mother's Day - May 12th to all you mom's out there.
Crabapple Trees blooming
Daffodils
Hosta Emerging
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