I’ve been remiss in pruning my Japanese maple so I watched a bunch of YouTube videos to remind myself and spent an hour just clearing dead wood. Probably another couple hours of cleanup at this pace. Then I can brave shaping cuts 😳🍁

We are getting lots of snow days this year! Tonight’s winter storm advisory predicts we’ll get 2-8” in the next day?! 🌨️

Early season snow!

Finally planted my bulbs today! I went light this year: three packs of camas, three huge allium bulbs, and ten yellow mini tulips 🌷 Between digging and raking the front yard, I’m going to be sore tomorrow! 😂

Backyard finally installed! Should have just done this ten years ago instead of all my failed DIY attempts 🤷‍♀️ (except we didn’t have the cash then). Now I have a bunch of pruning and tidying up to do so the deck and front yard also look decent 😂

My backyard is finally getting installed! Started on the design with Yardzen last October, signed the landscaper quote in February… Today they demo’d our garden beds and spread the dirt around the yard.

Rhodie is finally starting to bloom! Love watching the bees go to town.

Front yard looking lush! May is probably its best time of year. My purple contorted filbert is getting decent sized and looks pretty in person, arching towards the sunnier part of the yard, but is hard to photograph!

Ugh, these Finola tulips are too pretty 😍🌷

My camas is blooming! 💜 Feels a little early but I think this is common camas versus great camas I’ve had in the past.🌱

Lol, the $50 bulb bed 😂 Didn’t have the spoons to prep any soil last fall so I shoved everything I’d ambitiously ordered in one garden bed 🌷🌷🌷

Beautiful fall color at Kubota Garden today! I’ve read some about the family’s history since I went last and learned that Kubota’s designs are behind the PNW garden style of incorporating stone into the landscape!

Hired a landscape company to deal with my blackberry jungle and now it’s like scorched earth back there 😂 Lost a few things I wanted to keep but so it goes. What am I gonna do with all that space to make sure the blackberries don’t come back immediately 😳🌱 (before and after)

Sea holly is looking its best right now! Bees and other bugs are loving it too. 🌱 🐝

Neighbor described my yard as a jungle, he’s not wrong… 😂

Maybe this will be the year we finally hire someone to install a path 🤷‍♀️ Right now the strawberries have filled it in.

Stopped at an honor system roadside stand and got a tomato plant on my way home from my walk! 🍅 Didn’t figure I’d be planting starts this year because I don’t feel comfortable in a packed nursery, so I’m stoked. Never tried this kind before: tiger blush. Looks pretty!

Tulip becoming 📷 🌷

Native Pacific Northwest plants 💚🌱

I accidentally disturbed a hummingbird on the currant! Lots of big bumblebees out today too.

Ribes sanguineum (currant), Oemlaria cerasiformis (plum), Oxalis oregonum (sorrel).

Sword fern submerged in sorrel and strawberry 🌱

Sword fern submerged by sorrel and strawberry 🌱

Caught the evening light after work 🙌 Thanks Daylight Saving Time! Can we keep you? 🤞 C’mon Congress, help us out! 📷

All the red flowering currant we planted in the Back 40 are starting to bloom! Our neighborhood hummingbird will be happy! Spotted him perched in the yard a few days ago 🌱

Forced myself to go outside and throw some seeds in the garden. Got some pretty pink lettuces it would be a shame not to grow. Pink carrots and Chiogga beets too. Can’t be fussed to do it well this year, just happy to do it at all. 🌱

Hellebore in the rain 📷 🌱

Euphorbia is the best plant. I love it all year. 📷

Planted onion starts from a friend and strawberry plugs. Only found spots for 11 of the 25 strawberries, will need to take another crack tomorrow! 🌱

A sunny day in Seattle! 🌱

Crocuses! 💛 I love seeing all my bulbs come up as winter fades 🌱

Decided to walk around the block for the first time in weeks. Immediately started hailing, so I took some hellebore pics and came inside instead 🤷‍♀️ 📷 🌱