The Garden and Orchard~

Beautiful Apple blossoms.

The late hard freeze, did not destroy all the cherry blossoms.Luckily there are a few left to enjoy.

The Peach tree lost all its blooms in the late frost.  So no peaches for this year. 

One of the Pear trees that survived last years bugs and disease. Is doing pretty good!

The Squash bed, did not make in, even with the row cover. 

The Bed of lettuce and broccoli did ok with a floating row cover over the top of them.
Using DE to keep the bugs at bay.

I had all but one Rose bush, that was coming back after the below freezing temps last winter. But sadly, with all that new growth, mother nature decided to throw a hard frost at us.
Now I only have one Rose bush coming back.  Rather depressing.

Also lost a Cherry tree and one grape vine. The one that did survive the winter... pretty sure, bit the dust with the late freeze, too.
So I will have to replace two grape vines, a cherry tree and 4 rose bushes at some point.
Steep learning curve to be sure.

A unique Pea Trellis, found no where else in the World. LOL  Should do the trick.

Luckily, the two Peony's seemed to have made it through the winter. Can just see them coming up.One is in the foreground the other near the top right of the photo.

Nest Boxes....

Our high Tec Nest boxes......
Need to figure out how to add more soon!

Because the Turkeys kept getting stuck in the small Nest boxes... we had to invent a bigger one for them.
Costco box does the trick! 

Plying my Gotland Yarn~~

Trying to ply my Gotland yarn..... with Mia helping.  She does keep my lap warm and purrs, so it is not all bad. LOL

The two different types of Gotland,  lighter one was from NZ... the other... not sure where that was from.
Hopefully, I can find someone to make a scarf or something from it.

Changed my spinning corner. The cats decided they liked watching birds from the other window, so I moved their cat tower.

Spring Flowers ~~

Beautiful Spring flowers in the House. DH missed having bulbs, so we bought a couple of containers of them to enjoy.
Had no idea what the colors were going to be...so it was a surprise.

Thank you Mom, for all the plants!

DH, took me to the garden center and then on to Lowes yesterday, as Mom, sweetly sent him some money so I can buy plants. Thank you Mom! The rain held off for me too.

You can see, Seymour, and just how tiny it is. Also slowly collecting plants that are green. When one misses the lush green of the NW, this is the only way to get a fix. ;) Really want to add a Doug Fir Bonsai.... to the collection.  (I already had the ficus and dinosaur moss)
Seymour below for a close up.

Spring Bulbs,,,  will plant them outside when they are finish blooming.

The Gardenia plant.... has a neat braided trunk.  Will make my Art room smell wonderful!

Bought some super bright flowers... can even see them without my glasses on. LOL

Pot of Strawberries... also bought a Lavender plant to put in the Kitchen Garden.

I love plants!

Beautiful Eggs~~

A Collection of beautiful eggs.  
You can see two Turkey eggs, along with all the Hen's eggs.
The Welsummer eggs are the dark ones, and continuing to get darker by the week.
They taste really good!

More Poultry and wild bird photos~

Took the Olympus out this morning to take some photos.
It handles the super bright snow glow better than the other camera..... well... as long as I do not want to mess with it.
Too cold out. About 10* now.

Hen house and one of the Buff's at the door... I do not think she wants to go out.

Pretty Speckled Sussex.

Turkeys coming over to see what I am doing.Because they must inspect everything. LOL