With the potatoes and onions finally planted and the raised bed moved and ready for the few starts I got going back at the old place, I was feeling very ready for gardening season to get rolling. The days have been hot and sunny with temperatures up in the 70’s, and Summer has been on my mind. I even started getting a few comments out and about on the great farmer’s tan I’ve got going on. So, it was a great surprise to me to wake up to SNOW this morning! Huge white flakes were flurrying down from the sky, and before long the potato beds were covered in a thin white blanket. There’s a different sort of mulch for you.
It was quite a striking sight to see all the rhododendron flowers popping out against the white background.
Life on a new homestead is always bound to be full of surprises, and between bears and late snow, it’s proving to be an exciting place. As I settle in and put down roots, I’m looking forward to going around the wheel of the year and learning all the things there are to know about this piece of land I call home.
Having similar weather here in the alps, but we don't have bears (how lucky are you!!).
You new homesteading adventure is so exciting!
Being in the Alps certainly sounds like an exciting place to be, bears or no bears!
the pic with the snow is really pretty…even though it's snow in May 🙂
It's especially pretty when you see it as rarely as we do around here 🙂