On Spring and Gardening

The temperatures are finally warming up to the mid to upper 70's! I have spent the last 2 weekends getting my flower gardens in order and also doing basic yard work.
We have 3 huge Englemann Spruce in our backyard

(along with 2 apple trees) which dump a ton of needles and
pine cones every year.....Here are some pics of the backyard
garden (I still have a bunch of plants to put in) and the apple
trees that are in bloom.






Dave got a new BBQ which we absolutely love (it has a 'smoker' section to it)....I have included a pic of his new summer toy.....

Watermelon is a sure sign of spring/summer and we got a great deal on one of those small, seedless ones. Unfortunately, we can never eat ANYTHING by ourselves...Gato always has to have some...And even though this watermelon is sweet (didn't think cats liked sweet); Gato loves the juice and to gnaw on the watermelon flesh........We swear she thinks she is a person and doesn't realize that she is a cat!


This weekend the lettuce, cherry tomato, and bell pepper seedlings will be transfered to their earth boxes (these are really cool gardening pots).......More to come later.......

Easter

I hope everyone had a nice Easter. It was a day of hot tea and staying warm for us. Here are a couple of pictures of our Easter (Spring in the Rockies!). The snow flakes were huge at times...We were very glad that they were nice fluffy snowflakes and not hail!

Spring?

So much for Spring! Just this past weekend with the temperatures so warm, we were sorting through our seeds to see what we were going to plant this year. Because of the weather here, we don't normally start planting until May (We have a very short growing season).
But we were lulled into a false sense of 'Spring'.....

I know the saying 'March roars in like a lion and goes out like a lamb' has it's origins in the fact that the constellations of Leo and Aries travel our skies through the beginning and ending of March.......However, right now it seems that March is trying to go out with a roar!
We have had such beautiful weather this month, highs in the 60's and yes, also our spring winds (20 to 30 mile an hour).

So what happened to Spring?

We are now expecting 7 to 10 inches of snow, with highs in the 20's and low's in the 9's, today, tonight and tomorrow!
The Iris's were just starting to peek out of the earth and with the snow finally melted in our yard, small patches of green are beginning to show....
Very unfair.
We are ready for spring!