What comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb? My Actifit Report Card: May 27 2019

The answer, for most people who live in most normal places, is March. Not in Minnesota. Here the answer is May. That’s right! We are pretty much a month and a half to two months behind the rest of the civilized world!

What this means is that we just got past our risk of frost and can plant flowers and vegetables. It also means we most likely won’t get snow again until next November.

And fortunately, because the trees and grass and flowers know they have s short growing season, they virtually explode into leaves and flowers during the month of May.

This is my entry for @roxy-cat’s #seasonchallenge. I will also share some pictures of my garden and all the local flowering trees.

This is my “curb appeal” garden. It is the smallest garden space around my house, but I’m very proud of it. It’s loaded with perennials, annuals, five tomato plants, strawberries, basil, mint, cilantro, chives, and sunflowers. It’s quite fledgling at the moment, but a month from now it will be in full splendor.

This is a terraced garden in the back of the house, with a pond. I still have to clean the pond out and add my fish and flowers. It’s too small to support fish year round.

These kinds of flowering trees are everywhere right now and they are losing their blossoms in the rather dramatic spring weather we’re having, and it looks like pink snow.

And finally, here’s a picture of my back deck on April 14, just a little over a month ago. The snow finally melted completely about three weeks ago, and this weekend we finally had two days in a row when it was comfortable to be outside without a jacket.

So there you have it — a little inside look at life in Minnesota! Happy Spring!

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