Slide show from my Flickr Green Challenge

Searching for the minuscule droplets of spring pushing up through beige spectrum that has been dominant now for several months. I have Eddy, I think, convinced to till up my little garden this weekend. Then I can put out early cabbage and onions.

My storage closet is stacking up with all the goodies from gardening catalogs. I am excited about trying the red tomato trays. They are plastic trays that fit around the small tomato plants and protect them from cutworms. Research has shown that the tomato plant responds to being surrounded by red. So we'll see!

I also have stacks of the seed blankets like I used last year. They are mats with the seeds inbedded in a mulching material. The varieties are expanding as I have added 10 different zinnias and morning glories. The mats work great with my clay-based soil.

I ordered many different packets of marigold seeds and mum plants. My plan is to encircle each flower bed with them to pump up the color in the fall. I scattered my wildflower seeds on the snow. Now I just need the warmth and water to seep back into my yard.

Hello Yellow, purple, green, etc.

Taffy cat hiding out from the onslaught of dogs.

Bird Nest Soup

This particular nest is so small that 2 would fit into my palm. This one rests gently in the arms of the pink fairy rose.

So many of my resident nests took quite a hit with the ice storm. I have so many small ornamental trees and shrubs around the house that split the sheets during the trauma. With them went the nests. I saved quite a few for my collection. These are the ones that survived. Regular followers of the blog know that in a short while, I will be following the same homes with eggs and babies in residence. The nests in the honeysuckle are all safe and ready for their spring cleaning and inhabiting.

Smash away the drab

The first colors of spring are almost more than the mind can take. It's like when you eat something decadently rich and your mouth surges such a rush of saliva that you think that you will faint. These snow crocuses sneak up through the bermuda grass which hides the beauty like a brown sisal mat.

I thought that I would capture the fields before any spit of green shatters this palette.

Lookin' for a home

If nothing else, these dogs should be computer friendly. I have posted them on Facebook with no takers. I guess that we are back to the Wal-Mart give-away project. They are a mixture of long-haired dachshund, corgi, and collie. You end up with a delightful mixture of children-friendly pups. Good natured to a fault....