We have had a few nice hot days so far, and all this month my photo theme has been spring. the only bad part, i haven’t taken many pictures!! but i have a few that are spring-y to me.
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my hops (check them out here when they arrived) are doing amazing this year. its year 2 for them, and they get good sun exposure all day, and the soil is super warm in the back alley where they are, so they just bolted first chance they got. look at those huge super happy leaves. that pole is probably 30 ft up and this was a few weeks ago.
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forlorn ferret fixing for freedom
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this is my plant pride and joy, my little Sichuan pepper tree. He’s 3 years old now.
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and this last sign of spring, one of the pitcher plants is blooming! the pitchers always look worse for wear after winter, and i cut a lot of them back. but one of them got enough energy last year to push out a bloom. its slowly growing, and should be out soon. they put the flower out WAY over the pitchers, so that bugs that pollinate the flower don’t get eaten afterwards. i can’t wait for it to bloom.