Long Island Garden Tour.

4-17-22 SHORT HILLS: Today it’s cold, windy and mostly cloudy, but intrepid old me was out there doing pruning and loading the Subaru with all the debris for the dump tomorrow. Earlier in the week, on nicer days, I did the fertilizing of trees, flowers and shrubs. It took almost two days. I used almost three bags of HollyTone and as much of generic 10-10-10 for the non-acidophiles. There is always stuff to do, but I think I’m caught up for the moment. 

We had a nice time at Alison’s and Dan’s house yesterday catching up with some of the grands and Dan’s family. We put the dogs in daycare for the trip to Long Island. Alison’s gardens look great. She has done a super job creating many beds and lots of surprises. 

New blooms: violets, more daffodils. 

Pink daffodil opens with the second round of daffodils.

White threated sparrow's colors are much more bibrant with spring.

Chipping sparrow makes a first appearance this season, probably taking a break on the way north.

This short, spring ephemera is trout lily. In a week or so it will be gone until next April.

All the doggies and doggie-sitters in daycare gave us the once over when we went to pick up our pack.