Garden on Sherlock Street: April 2015

Thursday, April 16, 2015

Looking For One, Found Four

So, on my way home from work today, I made a quick stop at a garden center to buy one plant.

I went in looking for phlox.

I came out with phlox, sweet william dianthus and two stonecrop sedums.

All have been planted. Yesterday, I planted strawberries. It's time to plant!

I also set out my containers and retrieved some of the awesome soil from the area where I make my composting holes to fill the containers. I now have a new composting hole.

And, we got a little shower of rain which did put some water into the rain barrels. More in the forecast. I'm ready for a rainy weekend!!!

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Friday, April 10, 2015

No Shell

This evening, I was wondering around the garden when something unusual caught my eye. It was sitting on a stepping stone in one of the flower beds.

By the way, notice the cool reflection of our locust tree in the bird bath.

I got a closer look.

Oh my! It's an egg. An egg with no shell.

The size seems to be right for a robin's egg.

What I can't show with a photo is how the egg gives. It is squishy if you will.

I remember gathering chicken eggs on my parents' farm growing up and occasionally finding an egg like this in the nests. No idea why it happens. I left it out in nature after sharing the find with my wonderful husband. He'd never seen an egg without a shell before.

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Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Lilacs Are Ruling The Garden

The lilacs are having a perfect spring this year. The temperatures have been good for them. No blooms have been frozen off and they are just opening. Today was a calm day for us and the scent was amazing as I worked in the garden. I have one bush in the front garden and one bush in the back garden. As is my tradition, I now have a vase of them on the kitchen table. Love the lilacs!