Spring is always when the important things begin, at least to me. Color returns to our gray veiled water, sky, and landscape. Now that there is light it is time to get the vegetable and herb gardens going and try to net the tender shoots before the deer sniff them out and nip all the young buds.
They got some of the Bergenia stalks but not all of them
Recent buckets by OD and Milly have roused me to take a few shots of my own backyard. It is interesting to compare our growing progress. Although we are all in the PNW part of Washington State, on or very near the water, just 54 and 28 miles apart (as the crow flies), we have rather different micro-climates that make some differences in the timing of growth. Milly is clearly in a rain shadow of the Olympic Mountains, and OD gets some moderating effects of the shadow as well. (my photos were taken on 3/31/15.)
| The Daily Bucket is a regular feature of the Backyard Science group. It is a place to note any observations you have made of the world around you. Insects, weather, meteorites, climate, birds and/or flowers. All are worthy additions to the bucket. Please let us know what is going on around you in a comment. Include, as close as is comfortable for you, where you are located. Each note is a record that we can refer to in the future as we try to understand the patterns that are quietly unwinding around us. |