We have this same variety of crossvine in several different locations in our yard and this year it is blooming like crazy.
The hummingbirds love this vine and you will see them often getting nectar from the flowers.
The paperwhites, wisteria, azaleas, and now the crossvine have all bloomed this year. I honestly thought the freeze would stop everything from blooming. It just goes to show you never doubt mother nature.
Flowers come in every color and shape plant different varieties and colors so you will always get to see something new.
Even after the great Texas freeze of 2021 the George Tabor azaleas are blooming their hearts out.
I have two of these plants on the right side of the front door. On the left side in the front of the house is the Pink Formosa they are not blooming. I feel like they will not bloom this year due to the freeze. They were hit much harder by the 13 degree temperatures.
My azaleas are 38 – 40 years old. I wanted Azaleas so badly because my grandmother had them. Every time they bloom they make me think of her. My grandmother had some planted under pine trees she said they liked the acidic soil the pine straw created. She also had some in the front of the house. She told me to give them coffee and tea grinds for the acid and she said they would thrive. I always give our plants the coffee and tea grinds.
The beauty of flowers in the landscape can put a smile on your face and joy in your heart.
My potting bench is started and I am quite excited about having this thing.
I always pot and repot my stuff in different containers and I am always buying new stuff to plant in containers and rooting stuff for containers.
Jack made this bench 8ft x 2ft with a sink, faucet, and a dirt area where you do not have to waste your dirt you sweep it back into the container. There is a lower shelf for larger pots and supplies. There are hooks on the back for hanging my garden tools and a shelf to put some extra small pots and supplies.
Pics will be coming soon.
Life is good in Texas and springtime is on its way.
We spent the day working in the backyard and part of the front.
The yard seriously needs some rehab since the freeze everything is getting cut back and will have new buds soon enough.
We ran the leaf rake pull behind the lawnmower thingy and dumped it 6 times from leaves in the front yard. He then places the leaves between the rows in the garden and as they decompose the dirt gets raked up on the rows.
On top of that, we planted 22 tomato plants, bell pepper plants, seeds for yellow squash, zucchini squash, cucumbers, and potatoes. We still have some hot peppers to get planted and some marigold flowers to keep bugs away as well as some basil to plant between the tomato plants to enhance the flavor of the tomatoes.
We already have onions that survived the freeze and are growing well. We even have some cabbage that made it.
Jack did get a new area for Okra but we are not planting as much as last year I got so tired of picking okra.
I went to 3 garden centers over the last week looking for Vinca flowers and there are none to be found yet. I wanted the Vinca because they bloom from now until freeze. They never look wilted or windblown. I did see the Dianthus and may end up with some more of those they are pretty hardy as well.
He tilled one of the raised beds by the barn and there was 15″ earthworms in there they were HUGE. They make the dirt perfect for planting vegetables.
When springtime rolls around we never stop I am always needing some color in the yard and Jack is always anxious to get the garden planted. Today I am using one of the free photos we have access to on WordPress.
We have spring fever in Texas and today was a beautiful day.
This morning in our large oak tree was about 7 Red- Bellied Woodpeckers I was able to get a few good pictures.
I love these crazy birds that eat upside down. I found this feeder empty a few days ago and decided to refill it and I have seen the woodpeckers and the titmouse eating out of it.
Birding is one of the biggest bright spots in my days.
