Bulgarian Village Garden

- Cherry & pear blossom finished but cherries already forming - Quince blossom out - Tulips almost done - Two yellow tulips coming - (wild) geranium almost flowering - Spinach coming up - Lilac fully out - Peony balls reddening - First strawberry flower - New nubs all over Scots Pine - Cucumbers ready for planting (weather not) - Maintenance weeding in veggie patch & garlic/onion rows - Took a bag of lawn sorrel Planting: - 3 mint sprouts (front of end row in herb garden)

Developments after 5 days away. Trees: - Apple blossom starting to finish - Pear blossom past peak - Quince blossom starting - Lilac out - New sprigs on Scots Pine Garden: - Tulips all out - Anemone (Snowdrop) out in squared off area - Peonies huge - Delosperma has lots of flowers - Hyacinth done - Primroses done - overtaken by leaves & other growth - Orange Day Lilies crowded out Corydalis - Winnipeg tulips done - Forsythia flowers done but very green new growth - White Rose Bush green & healthy but no buds yet - Stonecrop beginning to grow upwards - Daisies & Dandelions colouring lawn - Blackberries/raspberries doing well. Carpet of new growth under poles. - One of the roses struggling (tallest). No new growth. - Oregon Grape finished. Veggie Patch: - Spinach. Small shoots coming in both rows - all look the same which is encouraging - Rocket, Lettuce, Mangold. Small shoots coming in rows - all look the same which isn't encouraging. - Nettles big & aggressive - Str...

- Peak cherry blossom - Pear blossom out - More tulips - Adding coffee grounds to borovinki - Taking first garlic - Liberating well-rotted manure Planting: - Carrot (1 row, barn side) - Beetroot (1 row, barn side) - Turnip (1 row, barn side)

- Just one tulip so far - Delosperma also has a flower - Storks have definitely taken up residence in the village

- Last of the potted seeds sprouting (Black Капия Pepper) - Noisy bees on cherry blossom - Mulch into compost - Netting over strawberries - Daisies & dandelion back colouring the lawn Planting: - Broccoli (1 row, barn side)

- Trimming yukkas - Cherry blossom properly out - Pear tree blossom almost out - Oregon Grape beginning to flower - Mowing & tidying wildside