Plants, plants, and more plants, and a few critters too

Just had to start with this picture of a very proud parading peacock!

He was part of the foul on display at the mini farm across

the street from flower world.

This is the chicken that thought my flip-flopped toes

looked tasty and took a nip at them Ouch!

We loved these little mini goats and woolly brown sheep!

And finally, here's a gaggle of honking geese that made a fuss

when we came near and an even louder fuss when we left.

Anni piloting the cart at Flower World.

And since we went to Flower World, one of the largest

nurseries in Washington, here's a flower!

Today, we had nice weather in the Northwest. So of course, it was a gardening day! Today we worked on the front garden. Since we lost our two large rosemary plants and our star-jasmine to the snow, we had holes to fill in the main display area. Flower World to the rescue! I planted 3 small trees; a weeping pussy willow, A Harry Launder's Walking Stick (a very cool little contorted tree with twisty curly leaves), and a dwarf conical evergreen. We also found 5 shrubs; two Bowles Hybrid Hebe (a lovely little green, red, and chocolate shrub), Nikko Deutzia and Chardonnay Pearls (both bright green with tiny white flowers), and an evergreen shrub with lovely white fragrant flowers (whose name I can't recall).

It looks like the wisteria, honeysuckle, peonies, roses, bleeding hearts, hydrangas, lavender, and mini maple tree all made it through the winter. I spent the rest of the afternoon planting all the new stuff and weeding all three growing area out front. I think I dug out a million dandelions! The irises are happy! The morning glory is threatening to take over one of the growing areas, so tomorrow we will have to weed wack it back to its territory.

Across the street from Flower World , we found some more vegetable and herb starts. I guess I'll be planting those tomorrow!