The ornamental cherry is in full bloom, which is lovely! Yesterday afternoon we slapped together a trellis for some of the peas with some reclaimed building materials. Last weekend I planted out my two blueberry bushes, which are just starting to break dormancy.

This weekend’s task will be to thin the masses of volunteer tomato seedlings that have popped up, and maybe transplant some of the more intentionally grown ones!

I have two yards of topsoil/compost blend arriving this week, at which point I can plant eldest sister corn in the new beds!

I’m still trying to determine what kind of fruit trees are growing in the yard. Getting closer to identifying them as the days pass! Getting more confident about the plum and apple guesses.

It’s been fun to see the grapevines waking up; I made a few wreaths with the trimmed vines last week. I’ll keep picking at the mint that I found lounging around the stairs so it doesn’t get too out of hand.

Cut down some invasives and trimmed up the trees a few weeks ago and everything is filling out nicely. Once the leaves and branches are fully raked and removed, I’ll be able to see what’s up for the rest. It looks like most of the pollinators are awake and about now that it’s warm enough so I feel better about tidying up the leaves to send to the city compost.

I pressed some of the freshly fallen PJM rhododendron flowers between parchment paper and set them under some weight. Looking forward to seeing what they look like in a few weeks.

No Mow May is in full swing - dandelions abound!