No flower is more welcomed in my garden than the first buds of our fruit trees and bushes.  With the warmth of the past few days, the peach trees in the treeyard bloomed. I spotted a strawberry flower in the bed yesterday.  These beautiful flowers will soon develop into sweet nutritious fruit. The dwarf cherry has buds just waiting to burst.  I have no idea what to expect out of these knee high trees.  They [...]

On Sunday we went shopping at our local nursery Oakland Park for garlic starts (they did not have any hardneck varieties) and blueberries (which they did not have either).  They did have a dwarf european plum tree at 33% off.  We were sold. For awhile I have been hating on two overgrown shrubs in a small bed near our garage.  They are not pretty and produce nothing worthwhile.  The spot gets a fair amount of [...]