Windy days

Last week there were a few days of very strong winds. We watched the many tall poplar trees bend in the wind, which was blowing in the the direction of the greenhouse, hoping they would not get blown over. The first morning we saw three of them uprooted, and laying near the swamp and the marsh marigolds that were in the bloom. The second morning we awoke to find this tree laying across the roof of the greenhouse. It did not puncture the plastic, but we did have to wait patiently for a few days for the "tree man" to come and cut it up, because there were more important situations to take care of--like trees on wires, and streets. We also had a few more trees removed to avoid others from falling onto the greenhouse filled with Australian water lilies.

Spring is here

The ice was out of our pond on March 24th and daffodils, iris, and day lilies began to poke through the soil. On April 1st, the Spring Peepers, and Wood frogs began to sing at night--a true sign of spring. We can hear them at night, even with the windows closed. The weather was warmer than usual, and the magnolia tree was in full bloom in one or two days when the temperature on April 7 and 8, was 84 and 79 degrees. The weather these past few days has been cooler, especially at night, so the flowers have lasted longer. We hope the early rush of Spring does not turn to weather cold enough to bring snow in April!