Wild blue flax (Linum lewisii) plants show as soon as the ground is bare of snow.
A wildflower transplanted some years ago into one of my flower gardens, newly bared of snow.
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It's time to start braving the blazing sun and natural air movement outdoors, albeit a bit protected.
Flower and vegetable starts are crowding out the florescent lights over the table in the woodshop, so with recent benevolent weather I pack the whole lot of them (13 flats + 5 pots of geraniums) out into this portable mini-hothouse just outside the door for a few hours each day, to begin their hardening off process in preparation for life truly outdoors.
Outdoor planting here usually can begin June 1, though one can sometimes 'trick' nature earlier with row covers and cloches.
I built this little, low garden hut with leftover suntuf® panel ends, from the greenhouse roof. Two foot panel ends were just right to use for this little hut.
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Lovely strings such as this had me thinking we were in for a change in the weather, perhaps with snow or rain.
Sure enough by next morning it was overcast, but with no precipitation. Afternoon returned to bright sunny spring weather.
No precipitation now for the last 14 days.
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It's a great day in spring when the northern bluebells (mertensia paniculata) burst forth from the newly thawed ground, mere days after winter snow has melted.
These are a bit earlier than those in the wild, as they are wild transplants in one of my flower beds.
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Almost the moment the snow is gone, little shoots of the toughest wildflowers and perennials start growing. I'm not sure if this is a wild columbine from past saved seeds collected in the wild, or a nursery grown one. I'll find out as it grows.
Either way, I love them all and appreciate their toughness.
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