My Thoughts Turn to Gardening...

My thoughts have turned to gardening.

There have been hints of this...

...to get me excited to plant.

And moments of this...

that make me shiver!

Then a few days later...

quickly followed with more of this...

The snowy view outside my (work) office window last week.

This is the time of year when the weather is a big tease!

Which makes my thoughts turn to gardening even more!

Anyone else?

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Blooming This Week…Finally Something!

What a difference a week makes!

The secretly-blooming-while-I-was-at-work crocus are now blooming when I can see them!

A few early daffodils are blooming too!

With temperatures in the 70’s this week, I think plenty of other formerly shy flowers just might show their faces. Stay tuned…

Warm temperatures meant open windows. Open windows means restless kitties in the windows.

Well 2 of them.

Pinkerton hides under the bed when I open the windows.

He knows he has it good in the house.

He is not going to chance going near an open window lest he be sucked

out into the cruel world of stray kitties.

Or, at least, that is what I think he thinks…

This week I am linking to:

http://www.anoregoncottage.com/

What’s Blooming This Week…Not Much!

Its still a little early to see spring blooms at the Lavender Garden Cottage. The weather is being very uncooperative with tornados one day and snow the next.

I bet these crocus bloom everyday after I go to work and close up shop before I come home. I only suspect this, but have not caught them in the act.

The daffodils are sending up flower heads and should be blooming soon. Yeah!

Impatiently awaiting spring…

This week I am linking to:

http://www.anoregoncottage.com/

Flower Bulb of the Day - Saffron Fall Crocus

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Today’s flower bulb of the day is Saffron Fall Crocus. This crocus is prized for its stigmas that flavor paellas and other Mediterranean dishes. You can grow your own and harvest in the fall! The stigmas are the 3 yellow things in the center of the bloom. It blooms in late summer to fall in lucky zones 5-8.

Happy gardening!

Please note: All flowering bulbs this week will need to be planted in the fall for next years blooms!