Addy's Gardens

Pale yellow water lily with a bright yellow center surrounded by large, green lily pads.

Big news over here: I got a job and am moving. My gardens will soon be changing.

Fun fact: all toads are frogs but not all frogs are toads.

The edge of a pond with three tiny baby toads crawling out of the water over the leaves and petals of a tulip poplar tree and smooth river rocks.

Look y'all: baby toads.

An adult hand holding a pea pod and a toddler hand carefully picking out one pea.

Pea season has begun. 💚

A small pine tree with a spider hiding in a hole in the middle surrounded by a barely visible funnel shaped spider web covered in water droplets.

If you need me, I'm hiding somewhere that looks like this.

A small fuzzy green and orange peach about the size of a quarter lit by the morning sun.

Baby peach.

I'm so sorry for your loss. She was always kind to me on Twitter and I had wondered what happened to her. Hoping you and your family get the time and space to grieve.

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I created another gallery in my kofi of raindrop photos. One of my favorite things is the way raindrops collect differently on each leaf and flower.

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Thank you!

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I made an album in my Kofi gallery that's just butterflies and moths. I'm going to spend all growing season trying to get photos of every single one I see in the gardens. They're free to look at.

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Four photo collage: side view of a pale pink tulip with tiny water droplets, looking into the same pale pink tulip to see the yellow and black inside, two small pale yellow daffodils, looking up at a peach blossoms from below with the water droplets outlined through the thin petals

Spring is here.

Fall Trail Walk Addy's Gardens published a post on Ko-fi

PS I'm going to be posting videos and photos in the coming days on my Kofi if you'd like to peruse those. Just posted a short video of a walk I took in the fall a couple years ago. Clearing space in my storage to make room for this season's photos. 🤗

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Five photo collage: yellow swallowtail butterfly on peach blossoms, fully formed blueberry flowers, a honeybee on holly flowers, coral honeysuckle in bloom, a strawberry plant with three small flowers and more developing.

Happy spring equinox, everyone!
May your days be full of wonder and joy.
May your gardens grow and produce abundant harvest.
May you know safety and peace.

It's supposed to be rainy and cool on the first day of spring, so we celebrated today by removing a bunch of invasive honeysuckle from the wild strawberry patch, planting peas, saying hello to dozens of pollinators, and playing in the sprinkler.

I planted more seeds, today. Some inside, some outside. Dill, parsley, basil, carrots, chard, sunflowers, tomatoes, mystery pumpkins, wildflowers. I also transplanted two lemon balms that needed new homes. I love spring.

The yellow and purple of the daisy wins for me.

Unfortunately, my tomatoes and peppers are not doing well. The seed starting mix I used dried out so quickly and I simply couldn't keep them moist enough. I'm going to try another round and see how they do. The room I had them in also got a bit too cold, I think. Live and learn.

Five photo collage featuring a close up images of different plants: red lettuce, bright green peas, bright green Swiss Chard, tiny radish sprouts, and even tinier carrot sprouts just starting to produce real leaves.

Garden update: lettuce, peas, chard that survived the winter, radish, and carrot are all doing amazing. Spring is almost here, we're only a few weeks from last frost. Some lovely growth out there.

Looking up at a peach tree branch covered in pale pink flowers with bright blue sky behind.

POV you're walking through the gardens and look up to see the peach blossoms have opened.

My kid has a sorting game with 25+ colorful mini muffins and all parents reading this will know what happened next:

there are muffins
everywhere
under my pillows (not theirs)
in the recliner
in pockets
in corners
under shelves
under feet
muffins
in
every
room
muffins everywhere

A small cluster of pink buds at the end of a brown stem, one is much lighter in color and full, almost open.

Blueberry flowers soon.
The frogs are loud, again.
Weather's changing.
Spring is coming.

I'm sure it'll be fine
that our 'dear' leader
(a rich, selfish man)
will let us starve and die
if it means a rise
in the profit line.

Three photo collage: a maple tree covered in red buds, a yellow daffodil lit from behind by the sun, and two pale pink peach flowers.

Struggling hard, tonight. Thankful for flowers and the buds on trees in spring.

Usborne Look Inside Our World
The Magic School Bus and the Electric Field Trip by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen
Star Wars ABC by Scholastic
How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? by Jane Yolen & Mark Teague
The Little Red Hen by Paul Galdone

Read to your kids.
Go to the library. 🫶🏼

Yesterday's books:
The ABCs of D&D by Ivan Van Norman and Caleb Cleveland
Bodies Are Cool by Tyler Feder
Lift the Flap Trucks And Other Things That Go
Belly Button Book by Sandra Boynton
Corduroy Helps Out by B. G. Hennessy and Don Freeman
Mixed: A Colorful Story by Arree Chung

Healing myself with fried potatoes, chopping wood, and playing in the dirt.

Four weeks until the Spring Equinox!

Daydreaming about warm spring days with my hands in the dirt, the sound of bees buzzing as they visit the newly opened flowers, the sun hot on the back of my neck. I forgot my hat again, even in my imagination.

The coral honeysuckle and red maple have started putting out buds. Peas are poking up through the leaves and my chives are suddenly 4" tall. My oregano, thyme, sage, rosemary, lemon balm, bronze fennel, and lavender are all sending out new leaves. I love spring so much.

A single bright yellow daffodil growing up through rotting leaves.

The first daffodil. Spring is coming!