Walk in the Garden with Me

Today is a wonderful day weather wise. While we need the rain, what we have had and the warmer than normal temperatures have made my garden come to life. Come and take a walk with me. I want to show you some really cool things that are happening today in the garden!

Let’s start out in the fruit orchard.

Almond Joy

Peach Perfection

The Universe in a Nectarine

The Apricot Reaches for You

Now let us wander around by the Daffodil’s.

The Skirt of the Daffidol

A Spider Makes a Home

Dew Drops

Charlotte Before the Web

The native plants are also starting to display.

Steaming Down wiith Manzanita

Cedar Chest Emerging

Now let us take a look at these herbs.

Rosemary in the Rough

The Life of Lavendar

And here are some other things that you might just overlook.

A Web Revealed

The Richness of the Rocks

And finally, under the redwood trees

Mushroom Exposed

Isn’t the emergence of spring wonderful! Let’s take a walk again later on in the season. OK? Hey, and thanks for joining me and letting me share with you some of the things I enjoy in the garden!

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The Sierra Foothills Apple Hill

In 2009 I got into the car with my camera in hand, and headed to the area up here in the Sierra Foothills known as Apple Hill. The region grows such a diverse variety of apples, which we who live here all benefit from, and is quaint in and of itself. Come with me as I go back in time and I make some stops to take photos, and maybe you too will want to make the trip for yourselves!

The road into the Apple Hill Area

A gateway fruit orchard to the Apple Hill region

A vineyard blanketed in snow

The grapevines have been trimmed at a lower elevation vineyard and are dormant

From Apple Hill looking towards the San Joaquin Valley

Apple trees in the winter

I hope that you enjoyed the trip and I will be featuring Apple Hill again when the buds break this spring!

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