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It is time for our early spring garden clean up where we start to tidy up the beds in anticipation of a new growing season. Mr. B and I spent a few hours in the garden trimming, weeding, raking, and enjoying the sights and smells of early spring.
Our front yard habitat is full of insects and flowers. The first of the season’s yarrow is blossoming and the plants look super healthy. We weren’t sure these would over-winter but they did beautifully…may add some more to fill in the spaces.
Hello little creature! These insects (some sort of beetle?) are showing their faces now that the rocks are warming up.
I love this image with my lavender and the bee! It seems like you are peering down into a whole different world. The lavender is alive with bees with their humming and buzzing. Go bees!
I know most of you real gardeners will shudder when I tell you that I keep part of my yard just for the dandelions. I love these happy yellow flowers and the bees agree with me too!
The bee balm is springing to life in the side yard and we pruned the neighboring bushes back to allow some more sunlight. I look forward to seeing the red blooms of this flower in the summer.
This is actually my neighbor’s flowering quince that is blooming. I am sharing it here because it has inspired me to plant a few of these in our yard for next spring’s color. Aren’t they gorgeous? I am actually wavering between this bush and the redbud….haven’t totally made up my mind yet.
So there is a little garden update from a sunny afternoon’s walk in the garden.
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I really enjoyed this walk through your garden and absolutely love the shot of the insect and the bee! Strawberry blossoms too! Our backyard is mostly wild side – except that we mow a patch of it.
Can you do the redbud and the quince? 🙂
Actually, there have been a couple of blog posts lately about how important dandelions are to the health of bees, because they are an early flowering plant.
Beautiful pictures! I adore my dandelions too. 🙂
That rock beetle looks like it’s a boxelder bug.
You already have bugs and bees! We saw the first citron-yellow butterfly in our garden yesterday and we yelled with happiness. We are getting some more flowers here but we need a few warm days and short showers to get to the stage of your spring garden.
It is so exciting to see plants growing once again. Spring is a wonderful time of the year.
I just bought that lavender at Home Depot yesterday! I envision a yard filled with beautiful flowers and smelling like lavender.
We have a lot of dandelions despite my dh digging them up. Personally, I don’t care because I want a variety of plants to encourage beneficials for my vegetable garden.
We have a “dandelion yard” too, though I don’t think I really want them. 😉 And the quince I transplanted from my sister-in-law’s house 3 years ago finally bloomed this year, wha-hoo! I just noticed it last weekend and clipped a few branches to bring inside. They really are gorgeous (but thorny, too!).
Thanks for sharing, Barb – I love your view of your garden and wildlife!