Spring is my favorite season! I always look forward to everything growing and blooming. So I thought I’d share a few pictures of some of the flowers that are blooming here in Kentucky.
Wild Geranium
Dogwood Tree
Iris
Dandelion
Wild Violet
Lilac
Hawthorn Tree
What’s blooming in your neck of the woods?
A lot has been happening around here. We’ve been having gorgeous weather here in Kentucky. Although, it did get quite chilly last week for Dogwood Winter. That’s what the old timers call a cold spell that happens while the Dogwood tree is blooming. We have one more “winter” to go, and that would be Blackberry…
We had such a hard, freezing winter it killed a lot of our plants. One thing that I didn’t think would die was our Butterfly Bushes. My father in law next door lost his bush, too. Thankfully, new growth is coming up from the ground! I’m so thankful for that! I love these Butterfly Bushes,…
*This Planning a Garden post contains affiliate links. Post updated March 2025 It’s January. That means it’s time to start planning the vegetable gardens. And the flower gardens. Ok, you may think I’m jumping the gun since we’ve had snow, and have another snow storm coming tomorrow. Now is the time to start the planning,…
When I first started doing garden updates, we had farm animals, too. So I called my updates Saturday on the Farm. We no longer have goats and chickens. I really miss them. I hope to get chickens again, but we are done raising goats. Well, anyway, since we no longer have farm animals, I have…
We were under severe thunderstorm warnings several times one day last week. We also had several tornado warnings that day, too. Somehow, all the severe weather missed us. We did have one brief period of hail, though. I heard something hit the roof, so I went out to see what it was and saw another…
Spring has finally sprung here in Kentucky! I am so happy to be back in the garden again! We had a very cold, as in arctic cold, winter, and ended it with lots of snow. Not as much snow as the northeast, but still a lot. I only had one Crocus bloom so far this…