Ah, can't wait.  It's been a pretty cold winter with snow several times and quite a bit of wind.  But now the grass is turning green and all of the Surprise Lillys are popping up, along with Easter Lillys and other bulbs.  The Lilac Bush has tiny, tiny buds too.  The Sandhill Cranes flew over one week early this year, on Feb 14-15.  We still see them migrating north every day or so.  Jersey Girl went and met her Beau, Wilbur, a very small Jersey bull owned by our good friends.  She will have a Thanksgiving baby next year.  She is the best milk cow ever.  We are still milking her twice a day.  This is a pic of Wilbur.

The Rose of Sharon trees are blooming heavy this spring.  We do have hundreds all planted from cuttings.  We have Pink, Purple and White.  They re-seed themselves and grow baby trees by the hundreds each spring.  They are great trees to have to keep the bees at your farm for the garden.  You need to have lots of flowers for the bees to feed on.  The Rose of Sharon flowers will stay from the middle of June till the frost gets them.  All summer blooms.

The Hostas are out growing their containers.  All the barns are stripped out and airing after the 10 inches of rain we had in 2 days.  It honestly did not stop pouring for 2 straight days.  The pastures are greening up good now.

The Roses are in full bloom and the Dianthus perennials are beautiful.  The Dianthus will come back up in the pots each spring.  These are one flower you can buy once and always have them.  Just be sure to mulch with straw before winter to protect them.  Roses and Rose of Sharon trees behind the Roses. Buttercups are bright yellow all over.  Hummingbirds are here too.  Barn Swallows have arrived and the Mockingbird who always stays here for the summer.

Quite a few of the flowers and flowering shrubs are in full spring mode now.  These pictures were taken the first week of April 2010.  The grass is growing quite fast as we have had some very good rains lately.