April, the angel of the months...
“April, the angel of the months, the young love of the year.” – Vita Sackville-West I like this quote and it is from one of my favorite people so I thought that would be a nicer title than my first choice - "Spreading Manure". Spreading manure is how I spent most of the weekend. What a beautiful weekend it has been. The garden is all of a sudden wide awake with no remnants of winter left. I drove out to South Ridge Farms in Ridgefield on Friday and got a load of horse manure and later went back for another. Beautiful stuff - Some of my favorite plants in the garden now... My favorite lavender is 'Platinum Blonde'. It has never bloomed that much but the foliage more than makes up for that... Magnolia 'Fairy White' - a new series of magnolias. I thought I would keep this in a pot but I am having second thoughts. I'd love to find a place in the ground. I'm looking and thinking... Podophyllum 'Spotty Dotty' is just an amazing plant and looks be...
The sunshine makes your garden look even more lovely! Enjoy the weather and puttering in the garden.
ReplyDeleteYour garden looks fantastic, I love the dappled light. I'm glad it's warming up!
ReplyDeleteIt is fantastic when the garden comes alive in spring, full of hope of things to come. I love that first photo of Michael; it could have been of me, fully protected with hat, gloves, and knee padding. I notice a structure in the back of the photo, against the house: stacked decorative bricks... painted black. I wonder where you got those bricks. I love that look.
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Those came from a local rock place called Mutual Materials. I wanted a pedestal there and could never find one so we came up with that idea.
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