Finally SPRING!

We had the most beautiful spring day today. It would appear that spring has arrived on the west coast. It was so warm and sunny, I literally had to peel off layers as the day went on. The picture above is my backyard today, note the blue sky and the nicely mowed lawn.
So since today was my day off at work, I went to the nursery and got everything I needed to do some more gardening. I am so proud, everything looks great.

There are the flowers I planted yesterday, I love the colors and those sit just in front of our patio set. I love pansies. When I was a little girl (maybe 6 or 7) my mothers friend, who is a gardening pro, taught me about flowers. She showed me that all pansies have faces, snap dragons actually snap and fox gloves can be worn on your fingers. She made gardens seem so magically.

Here are some more flowers I planted just today and a pot of strawberries. These ones are living beside the garage. It is one of the sunniest places in the yard. I'm hoping these strawberries do a lot better then last years.

These are brussel sprouts. I wasn't really planning on planting these but they were on sale at the nursery so I had to give it a try. Right now they are in the greenhouse since the yard garden isn't quite ready but I'm move them out there when it is time.

Some herbs! From left to right: in the pot we have mint, then lavender, rosemary, and then oregano. In another container I also planted some thyme.

Here we have spinach and lettuce that I started from seed in the greenhouse. I can't wait until I can eat them. The lettuce is doing really really well, so hopefully it should produce some lush and large leaves.

Here is one of our pear trees. It is just about to blossom. All the trees are budding and they should bloom soon. I'm quite relieved to see them budding, we pruned them a lot this year. The only one that I think won't produce this year would be the grapes.
It was the perfect west coast spring day and I'm so pleased that the garden ball is rolling. I also rearranged the patio so I think we will have a BBQ tonight and enjoy every last minute of the sunlight.