Obligatory leaves

It being fall, the leafy colors are all around. Aside from the burning bush, the other bits of red leaves come from the blueberry bushes. What do you know? Just as advertised. But these are lowbush, not highbush blueberries, so they’re not going to be much of a stand-in for any euonymi.

Today’s harvest

This is the earliest raspberries I’ve ever harvested my raspberries. Usually I get maybe three berries before the fourth of July. Today I picked a few in the morning and a lot in the evening. Must have been all the rain. It sure as heck wasn’t the sun.
There were a few red raspberries too, but [...]

Shades of ripe

I seem to be doing pretty good at growing fruit. The yard is full of promise in many different shades of ripe.

Fruit!

Fruit? Not yet.
It’s exciting to see so many. They barely flowered last year.

Leafcutters?

I do believe the leafcutter bees are active. When I leaned closer to admire all the blueberry blossoms, I spotted this precise little circle cut.  It’s a good sign for blueberries, as leafcutter bees are good berry pollinators. And I saw similar signs last year, but I haven’t quite spotted the bees themselves yet.

Flowers don’t punt

It’s a while since I punted. I was up late, reading, and suddenly it just didn’t seem important to scrabble out a post before midnight. What can I say?

Garden buddies

Just enjoying the springlike activity in the garden, not just the snowdrops multiplying and spreading, but the trees and bushes budding out.