As promised - photo of tulips from below. Laying on my back with my phone, right there in my front yard. Worth It.
Firstly, please let me Welcome everyone to my diary and this Saturday garden series. Please comment, share pictures, ask questions. We love chatting all things gardening, landscaping and houseplants. And trees, succulents, snake plants and veggies.
I chose this date for a diary on purpose, sure I would have some colorful flower pictures by now. Gotta keep up with our greened-up southern friends, dontcha know. I predicted back in February that the prairie spring would arrive early for the upper Midwest. Not the worst bet, after all climate change has really thrown weather prediction off track.
Well, it was a bad bet on my part. Some hope arrived the week before last, with hot temperatures in Sioux Falls breaking April records. We hit 90 degrees. I was outside, getting my tan on, getting my hands into the soil for the first time. I got the patio cushions out and I fired up the grill. I finally nailed the recipe for the Guava BBQ Sauce that was once served at my once favorite, now closed restaurant. Wasn’t even hard, turned out.
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