Fresh, local flowers in Oswego County
The flax we planted is finally blooming. The dreamy blue flowers and greeny blue foliage are such a delightful contrast to the brilliant yellows of late summer. Probably there isn't enough time left this season for the plants to fully mature and make seed heads. I'll try again next year!
Zinnias are here! I realized this morning I've never actually grown them before?!
This afternoon I told Eric I'd like to lay on a bed of these roses. They are Lady of Shallot from David Austin and are just so beautiful.
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Today was a real hard-to-get-out-of-bed Monday morning. This rose greeted me at the kitchen sink and makes me smile each time I get a drink or wash dishes. Happy new week to you!
Small hands are always ready to help pick flowers around here. This week the first of the corn flowers started blooming. After a full day of rain yesterday I think the garden will be exploding with growth by Friday.
Friendly pansy faces saying 'good morning' to you. These are Evelyn's favorite to pull the petals off of. I've saved a lot pressed between pages of heavy books to discover on a darker, colder day.
The variety is frizzle sizzle from our friends . Please grow these again next year!
Today is the day! We will have small bouquets available at our friends farm stand this afternoon. also has beautiful, delicious and juicy tomatoes at the farm stand right now. Swipe to see the littlest 🍅 picker.
Last week a special package came in the mail from Canada. I ordered two delicate paintings from and got to be her first customer in the US. She's a flower farmer and painter across the boarder in Ontario. During the past winter her little paintings brought me a lot of joy and now her poppy field is inspiring me to plant as many as I can. Thank you Amanda 🌸
Today is a very exciting day. Over night two roses opened up. In just a few months we've changed this field from pasture to garden beds. We work slowly, by hand and it is hard. I've disbudded most of the roses so they will put their energy into growing this year and not making flowers. A few I'll let bloom, just for myself.
Trying to capture the fleeting feeling of the spring meadow.
A scattering of violets at the base of a maple tree are just darling in this miniature vase I've been waiting to fill. They would be the perfect accompaniment to a tea tray with a pot of Earl grey and warm shortbread.
We spent a week away visiting family before spring really arrives. While we were away the house got insulted with minty green spray foam! (Check in tomorrow for a house update.) Three days into this week, and I already miss our forced vacation.
A bundle of tulips and daffodils for my parents ❤️
Happy Easter!
"Hmmm" was Eric's response when I asked him what he thought of this arrangement. It's better than 'well that's something' which is his kind way of expressing dislike.
What do you think?
Big, fat, wet snow was falling this morning as I double dug the field to plant some lilacs. The birds were singing to keep me company.
Some mornings we are woken up by the sun shining. On cloudy days we sleep in. As early springtime passes and the days get longer, we wake up earlier and earlier. After years of earlier mornings and long commutes a natural start to the day feels relaxing and luxurious.
This morning there was a sun beam on flowering p***y willow branches that was too pretty not to capture.
Today there are April showers blowing through. Inside our house is bright with tulips and daffodils.
This pretty little dish was my grandmother's and gifted to her great granddaughter earlier this year. Each time I look at it I wonder what she put in it and what she would think of all the flowers we are going to grow.
Today we double dug a fifty foot bed in preparation for rose bushes. Boy we are tired! Even the baby helped pull grasses out of the soil. Hopefully she is as tired as Eric and I are.
Now the peepers are out and birds are singing their final songs of the night.
The first thing we did when we moved in last fall (after cleaning, and cleaning and cleaning!) was plant bulbs outside beneath two giant maple trees in front of the house. Now they are emerging from the leaf litter and I couldn't be happier to see another sign of spring.
Are your tulips sprouting? Any guesses what color these will be? I don't remember!
Cold, snowy days are coming this weekend. I have mixed feelings about it. On one hand it should help keep the maple season last longer. On the other hand I am not as tough as I was after a few warmer weeks.
This coming week I will have the second flush of forced tulips to harvest. I've been giving small bunches to the neighbors as a way to say "hello".
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Evelyn helped me pick roses this morning. Which is your favorite? #davidaustinroses
