A Bright, Sunshiny Day... or Two

Well the weekend weather turned out pretty nice, kind of cool and breezy but the sun was definitely out.  I wanted to take advantage of the good weather and get out in my gardens.  Plant some hanging baskets, window boxes and planters to keep in the greenhouse for the next 3, 4 or even 5 weeks.  Give them all a bit of a head start in growing, by the time you put them out they are full and lush.  I also wanted to get some compost on the flower beds.  As well as getting the vegetable garden ready for planting... we usually plant it around April 18th since that's when we planted it the first year at Red Gate Farm and it's an easy date to remember.  It's the anniversary of our first date... way back in 1981.

It was a great plan, Saturday started off well.  I've got quite a few things planted up in the greenhouse...

my husband got himself a new to us, but used lawn mower.  It looks like a bit of a behemoth, but will mow the lawn much more quickly...

and then Cady, our yellow lab, got her tail stuck in the back door.  We didn't realize right away, but it actually loped the end of her tail off.  I won't get into details but it looks pretty bad.

Poor girl, she's already a bit high strung and that didn't make for a calm rest of the weekend.  I spent my entire Sunday sitting around with her to try to keep her calm.  We may be taking a trip to the vet tomorrow... right now she's settled down by my feet while I write this.

On a much sunnier note... the nectarine is in bloom...

as well as both of the peaches.

This pretty, pink Ranunculus looks so happy...

one of my peonies is showing growth... and the weeds are too!

The old magnolia is about to burst open.  A few more sunny days should do the trick.

The sun and blue sky was so welcome after so much gray and rain (as well as the snow).

Here's hoping for many more sunshiny days to come....