first day of spring in the garden

its been a very wet winter, no doubt we needed it, but its still raining on the first day of spring, and more expected through the next two weeks... thankfully California is out of a 7 year drought, but I do miss all my gardening time! knowing that rain was due today I snapped a few garden pics yesterday, being a new garden I have little to show in the way of color, our first year I put in hundreds of trees, right now I am working on the rose garden with hopes of gorgeous spring color, fingers crossed we get the deer fencing in before the furry ones destroy the first flush of roses.

 

strolling the garden yesterday I am instantly drawn to my daffodils, I planted a 1000, on acreage it is like a teaspoon in a sand dune, but I am always casting my eye at this fools gold! the fruit trees are awakening, plums, nectarines and almonds heading into full bloom, the magnolias stand out from afar, the fringe flower is in full fringe, 2 iris brighten the horizon.

 

 

the rose garden has been held up while waiting for mulch, I am begging for wood chips, being such a wet winter I have had zero luck, the other day I approached a neighbor a mile away with piles and piles of woodchips, she was kind enough to let us haul away all we wanted. this last weekend we ferried home 40 yards, its a hefty dent for the rose garden, enough that we will be able to fence 3/4 of the garden off, with any luck I can find another 50 yards and get this rose garden fully planted and protected. while collecting mulch she introduced me to her turkey Wilbur and sent me home with fresh eggs from her hen house.