Time to Get Growing

All photos taken on April 13, 2024.

As most of my posts are time shifted, I thought I would interject a couple of more timely posts. This one deals with the current state of my yard (or garden if you are from Europe). Yes, folks, at long last, our part of the world has come out of winter slumber. Now, we are in a current state of windy days, whether they be dry or wet.

Speaking of wet, we could certainly use some moisture to settle down the dust (windy, don’t you know?) and help reduce wildfires. There are currently 48 wildfires burning in Alberta compared to only 14 at this time last year. It does not look good.

All that being said, I have been prepping my yard for the coming growing season. I have raked the lawns three times (once with leaf and 2 with thatching rakes) to remove thatch and leaf clutter. I have not yet raked out the planting beds. They were simply turned over last fall.

The ground is still largely frozen here, so not sure adding water to my trees will actually work, but I will try that soon. The trees are budding, so I would expect blossoms and leaves to arrive in about 3+ weeks.

How are things in your part of the world?

A new bit of yard art from Metalbird – momma chickadee feeding he two little ones

A new bit of yard art from Metalbird – a pair of cardinals