Spring Resumes.

4-20-14 SHORT HILLS: We did get snow the night after my last post, only a dusting here, but a few inches in VT. Here the snow was gone by that evening, but the next few days were cold and windy, if sunny. It gradually warmed and yesterday was pretty nice, today too.

The cold froze spring in its tracks, and the season didn’t resume its march until yesterday. I haven’t done much because of the cold and wind. You need still air to scatter fertilizer—my next big job that I started today.

We needed repair work done on the sprinkler system—two control valves were replaced. I hope the system doesn’t need more help.

New blooms: magnolia, trout lily, violet.


Saucer Magnolia.

Trout Lily- the leaf is to the left, mottled green/purple, suggestive, perhaps, of trout markings. This one is about two inches tall.

Violet has a little center tunnel for the pollinators. The flower is the size of a thumb print.