Roses

Pic Taken 6/4/2010

There were two yellow buds an one red that have blossomed so far. But in the last month the bushes have been battling fungus some of the leaves in the background of the red flower bush can be seen with brown spots from the fungus.

Pic Taken 6/17/2010

Pic Taken 6/8/2010

Tulips in Full Bloom

Pic Taken 4/13/2010

These were the pics taken when the tulips were in full bloom. After they bloom the plants live for a couple of months and then die down to the base of the stem by summer. They are gone now for this year.

Pic Taken 4/15/2010

Pic Taken 4/15/2010

Tulips

Pics taken 4/11/2010

Tulips

Pic taken 4/16/2010

Tulips come out

We planted tulip bulbs in November last year. They started sprouting in March (pic taken 3/19/2010)

Flower bed

This Flower bed has three rose bushes, Tulips, Seedum. We've added some more since this picture was taken (Pic taken 5/21/2010)

Welcome Season 2010

The snow banks are begining to retreat, the edge of the lawn is begining to show. Granted, it is mostly brown, the temperature is starting to climb up above the freezing point more often. Its time for old man winter to go off on his annual sojourn. And its time to begin thinking about gardening again.

This year we have had more time to plan. So I have come up with a plan for our vegatable garden. We plan to plant 32 different varieties plants, which include vegatables, fruits, greens and herbs. Today, I completed a detailed plan for all the plants including quantity, dates and locations in the garden for each plant. I searched the internet for the last frost date for Cedar Rapids and found a couple of opinions. I chose to place my bets on April 29th being the last frost date.

I started seeds for the eggplants. I hope to have 8 hopefully healthy plants by the end of April. Fingers crossed