We finally got some rain yesterday. I know other parts of the Country are suffering from too much rain, but we have been in a drought. The grass was mostly brown and when someone in the area mowed their grass all you saw was dirt flying around.
The gardens, however, are green thanks to daily watering. The perennials seem to have survived the wicked winter including the Hosta, Siberian Iris, Catmint, Clematis, Bachelor Buttons, and Cranesbill Geranium.
The Heirloom Tomatoes, high bush blueberries, raspberries and Concord grapes are growing and have blossoms set on.
We’re suppose to have a couple of days of rain this week, and that’s okay because a break from weeding never really hurt a gardener who already has a sore back. Everything will certainly enjoy a delivery of moisture from Mother Nature including Solomon Seal, Hosta, Astilbe, Heuchera, Dwarf Korean Lilacs, and Bearded Iris.
It was a long winter, but it sure fades as you are surrounded by wonderful color everywhere you look either here in the yard or on other blog posts.
I know many of you are Tulip lovers, and a fellow Amsterdam traveler sent us a link to a ten-minute video on how they harvest bulbs in the Netherlands. Fascinating, if you have a few minutes to watch with a second cup of coffee.
Happy gardening and may the weather even out across the States. 🙂
NewEnglandGardenAndThread 
So happy you are getting some spring showers! We would certainly love to share….here in Houston we have had torrential rains and massive flooding! The poor plants are gasping for air!
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Laurin, we are all thinking of the people in Houstin. The images we see on the news are so incredible. Stay safe! ♡
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We have family in Houston so always stay tuned in when they start talking about your area. You folks have sure had to endure some terrible situations of late. Here’s hoping the weather evens out and you and yours are safe. 🙂
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Beautiful signs of life!
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Your garden looks lovely, Judy! Your perennials have survived huge snowpiles and now a drought. Perhaps all of the melting snow helped to pull them through the dry weeks of May. I’ll be back to watch the tulip video. It will be my reward after a day of weeding. Take good care of your back this week, Judy! ♡
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I just returned to watch the video of the tulip harvest in the Netherlands. Just amazing! It’s really fascinating to see how the bulbs are harvested. I’ll never look at a tulip the same way again! Many thanks, Judy! ♡
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Lovely gardens! Everything’s thriving under your care. My hostas are nice and healthy looking too, but I have tried growing Astilbe plants among them and they just die on me! Would love to have the color in the shade!
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That’s interesting about Astilbe. I have red, pink, peach and white and hate to say it, but they grow well here.
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Loved the video! Imagine the engineering that’s behind the harvesting truck – and the coordination between it and the second one. But I’d hate to be one of those women picking at those bulbs all day long – while the men get to drive the hi-lo trucks all around!
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Wasn’t that interesting? That machine that shook them back and forth was also interest. And for sure, I don’t want to hand sort them. Who knew?
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Thanks, Judy. A lovely garden.
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We’ve got the same stuff in our garden (including the Solomon Seal and the Korean Lilacs — and the Hosta and Astilbe. Probably because it is all shade-tolerant. We also have a ton of violets and day lilies. We used to have gorgeous clematis, but they got taken out by a falling tree in a storm and some disease wiped out our hollyhocks. We do have a pretty nice columbine display, though. And hedge roses and spider wort. I love our native wildflowers 🙂
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Yes, we finally have some good rains too! Your garden is heavenly! Johanna
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It’s amazing how quickly plants respond to rain. Yours look very lush! Golly, we must have visited the Netherlands too early to see the ‘tulpenbollen roolen.’ What a machine. I’ll think of that when I buy my tulips this fall.
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I’m glad you liked it, and I will never look at a bag of tulips again without thinking about the process that is involved to get them to my local greenhouse. 🙂
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I, too, am happy for this little bout of rain. We certainly needed it!
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It’s lovely when the garden starts showing signs of color. The rain will be so welcome. We need a good downpour or two.
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Very beautiful!
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If the moisture would just distribute itself more evenly. I was in Arizona, so no rain there, but here at home, we got quite a lot while I was gone, the best time to have it. I’d also love rain to come during the night, but haven’t figured out how to work that!
janet
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Now, that would be something. Rain between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. – love it. 🙂
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Judy, it’s nice to see color rising at your garden. The Cranesbill Geranium is lovely (I’ve never been able to keep it going). We’ve been very dry here but it’s raining today. Poor plants need it badly.
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Very glad you have some rain coming! We have been lucky enough to escape any drought this year.
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We finally got some rain here in CT – along with cold temps! But we really needed the rain so it’s OK 🙂
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Everything looks quite lovely and happy from your daily watering but I hope that you get more rain as predicted and a welcome break! : )
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The rain really did make a difference! I went out yesterday and could see marked growth on some plants from the day before. You took some beautiful pictures.Especially the Hosta. Happy Gardening!
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What a difference a delivery of moisture from Mother Nature makes. 🙂 You can water from the hose but it’s not the same. Glad you liked the Hosta because I do too.
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Your yard is beautiful and with so much purple! I sure hope your drought doesn’t last as long as ours!
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We were fortunate to get three days of rain. Here’s wishing you would get the same. 🙂
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Your pretty gardens look none the worse from last months weather, actually they are lovely. May certainly was dry and hot so the rain was much appreciated.
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Here’s hoping your lovely property has come to life as well and that you are having good luck with packing, selling, and moving. I wish you all the best and will be thinking about you this winter when I’m shoveling. 🙂
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You are so sweet Judy, thank you for your lovely thoughts. Yes the rain really has helped green everything up.
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