My recently untimely absence has been due to a short vacation and an adjustment to a new job situation. After a fairly mild winter, Spring is making an appearance here in eastern Chester County.
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Spring Has Sprung
Forsythia are some of the earliest flowering shrubs and are great in flower arrangements. I think almost everyone loves daffodils. Because you can’t have too many. The lovely magnolia. I believe this is also a magnolia variety. Early azaleas at Jenkins Arboretum. Winter is still hanging on at Jenkins … -
Outdoor Tubbing Update
My little balcony water garden seems to be doing pretty well. There has been some growth on the plants. I removed six baby plants from the water hyacinth. No wonder they are highly invasive in warmer climates, I added 11 long fin white cloud mountain minnows. So far, they seem to be doing well. I removed the pot scrubber islands for the birds about as soon as I installed them, realizing that the birds would probably just get entangled.
Balcony tub with new growth. The spearwort looks great and the equisetum is getting some height.. -
Like the Spring, I Have Returned
This weekend, I set off to Chester Springs to check out some garden centers in hopes of finding some aquatic plants for a container water garden I have on my balcony. I found a Louisiana iris and spearwort plant to add to the equisetum (horsetail reed) and water hyacinth I already have.
Here’s how it looks so far:
Maker:0x4c,Date:2017-11-17,Ver:4,Lens:Kan03,Act:Lar01,E-Y,E-ver:20190214.5310204.002.000 It doesn’t look like much now, but it should fill in nicely. I will try to keep you updated about my little water garden. The sponges are an experiment to see if birds will use them as landing pads to take drink. I hope to add some fish when the water warms up.
While I was out, I ran across the charming Chester Springs Creamery at Milky Way Farm. They make delicious ice cream. Here is an impromptu panorama of part of the property:
The lovely property at Chester Springs Creamery at Milky Way Farm.