Thursday, May 6, 2010

Lilacs, Apple Blossoms, and Bird House Gourds

Lilacs have a short season, but they are so beautiful and the smell will carry you away.

Always a treat.


And now for a 
few apple blossoms.
If I can keep the ground squirrels 
from eating the little apples,
then I will have some good
eating in the fall.
This is a five way apple
with five different varieties grafted
onto one tree.

And now a bird house gourd.  I planted these a few years ago in the garden and got a bumper crop of gourds.  This spring I put a hole bit on my drill and voila--bird house.  I actually put up three of them.  One in the Princess Tree, one in the Redbud tree and one on the garden fence.  The ones hanging in the trees are more romantic, but the one on the garden fence is the one that the birds started to build a nest in.

God has a sense of humor.
So long for now from Grants Pass Real Estate.
chuck