Spring at Last

We spotted a robin Sunday morning along the river, yesterday there was a robin just out the kitchen window on the pergola, today I watched robins play in the puddles all day. The cats are happy to get out and play. It must be spring.

The tulips in the greenhouse have been slowly blooming for a couple of weeks and we have been cutting a few bunches everyday. Saturday we woke to sunshine and the first real warmth of the season and harvested four hundred tulips! My long respite is over and I start deliveries Monday.


We ordered from a new supplier and have some beautiful new tulip varieties, including these gorgeous White Parrot tulips.


We are experimenting with a new way of planting some of the tulips and hyacinths. Rather than planting directly in the ground, the bulbs are planted in crates, covered with a soil and sand mixture and left on top of the soil in the greenhouse.

The hyacinths look and smell fantastic and we are able to easily harvest the flowers with bulbs intact.

Freshly harvested hyacinths--dreamy colors, heavenly scents!