The snow and ice are now a distant memory and everything is green and colorful at the T.P. Trees are leafing out and the springtime bulbs show their floral faces to the sun. The bright yellow daffodils, vibrant red tulips, and patches of snowbells and crocus have reminded me of my days in England and Germany.
Although our guests will miss our spring flowers, early summer flowers have made their appearance through freshly mulched areas, and fiddleheads are turning into ferns, sending their first long shadows in the sun.
As families arrived Memorial Day weekend our lilac trees were in full bloom, followed by irises, lily of the valley, peonies, poppies and many more. The vegetable garden is showing its growth. The raised beds, earlier covered with fresh stable manure, still steam in the early morning hours. The vegetables frames are sown in rows - celery, cucumbers, peas, squash, lettuce, kale, radishes, peppers coming up in green ribbons, the radishes racing ahead. Asparagus, the spears pricking through early in the month so you could watch them growing inch-by-inch, are in full season. Ted, Chad and Hector made short work of the first of the crop. As the Inn kitchen is getting ready for the season, so will the asparagus stalks find their way into the hands of our creative chefs.
Click for more photos!
Click for more photos!
