Gardening, anyone?

Do you have to move the solar lights into the sun during the day? I have a shady yard, but a couple of spots that could recharge them.

Lucy - the lights look great!

Last summer we had six (low voltage electric) uplights put in, one pointed at the waterfall, and the rest up at the trees. The tree uplights look kind of stupid in the winter when the branches are bare.

I would love to take an old chandelier, remove the lights, and put in solar lights, then hang it from a tree. I think I saw that on Pinterest.

The landscape designer came yesterday. I think the most we're going to do is move two of the big pots of Encore Azaleas over to underneath the remaining redwood tree in our yard. It provides shade, and the pots will sort of frame the tree trunk.

We may have to paint the trunks and bare branches of the Japanese Maples along the fenceline, since they have never seen sun in their lives. We don't want them to fry.

The back neighbor is taking his time about putting in the concrete block wall on his side. (He's already done the side neighbors.) They've dug the foundation, then the wall will have to go up, then the raised bed will have to be rototilled and amended, THEN he will plant his replacement trees.

That puts us into summer, and too late to plant new trees. Oh well. I'll think of something.

Thinking about this for my garden.... just have to find a tree to hang it in where it will get enough sunlight to charge! (Sorry the pic is so huge....)

That looks quite nice on the table. Clever trick.

Slow.. Yay.. Happy to see you :-)

Scottie.. Lovely photos , and I bet your lights look great around the pond, with the reflection in the water.

Blessings.. The chandelier is a wonderful idea.. Would look great hanging from a high branch with a table set up under it !!

caught this cutie eyeballing the cherry tree. Then posed for a pic.

Rain, rain, glorious rain today... After reaching 91 this past week, everyone in the garden is thirsty.

Why, oh why, can't "they" build a pipeline from the East coast to the West coast (and covering all the states that get hammered), to carry off all the excess rain and snow, and deliver it to California - where we desperately need it? They built the Alaska pipeline; it shouldn't be that hard. As for cost, how much would be saved by not having to pay all the costs associated with heavy winter storms and flooding?

If only it was that simple......

I am loving all the spring bloom photos.

Yeah, seems something should be in the works for the drought stricken western states. Getting it from the east would work, but couldn't they also find a way to redirect some of the massive, melting snowfalls in Colorado?

Thanks Teka!

TwoHobbies- I have it narrowed down to a finch. A male finch clearly. What's not so easy to tell is whether it is a house finch or a purple finch. Male house finches have plenty of red too, so the most distinguishing difference is in the curvature if the beak. I wasn't in a position to evaluate this. But I loved him all the same and will gladly share some cherries with him.

I've been following you all on this garden thread and thought it is time to contribute. Last year I enlarged my planter garden (the soil is AZ is to rocky for me to work) with mostly flowers as I was getting ready for my BMX and needed a colorful place to enjoy as I recovered. This year I planted mostly vegetables - tomatoes, carrots, leeks, radishes, lettuce, snow peas, and cilantro with a few strawberries for later in season.

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Jazzy.. Looking forward to seeing your Irises in bloom :-)

Katy...I love your photo.. So lovely to see the birds enjoying your spring too!

Magic.. Welcome.. Great photos.!!

Lucy: love the pinks and greens and you end up with twice as many as at the start.

Magic.. Thanks !

Jazzy.. This caladium lives in part shade , but I read they can do well in full shade, and there are other varieties that are sun lovers.!!!

This is not my claret cup, but one of my neighbors that is in the strip next to the road and saw it in it's glory yesterday so I had to go snap a picture! One of my fav kinds of cacti!

Magic light- I have 5 different kinds of cacti in my gardens that feature the colors of fuschia, yellow, tangerine and red. I think the claret cup is the first that will bloom this year from what I can tell (May will be month for most of the rest of them). I love my cacti, and that one is surely pretty.