April in Washington 2025

 We had some great visits with family in April. We saw Cord, Daphne, and Martin early in the month.

And then, a quick visit to Tonasket, where we saw Tony and Tina, Sara and Kaleb, Jesse, and all six great grandchildren.

Then, back to work here at home: Me getting ready for the Granite Falls Gardeners' First Annual Plant Sale at the library in town on May 3.

The white carrier is dahlia bulbs that I dug up from their tote buried in bark. They did amazingly well, considering that I buried them in September and forgot them until this month. The hanging baskets are nearly ready to display. I'm experimenting with different plants in a couple - making them spice and herb baskets instead of flowers. Those have rosemary, lemon balm, thyme, and sage. Not sure if those are companion plants, but I thought it might be fun to have them all in one place when I'm ready for forage spices for cooking. I'm new to selling so playing it by ear. I pinched off all the flowers this weekend, hoping they'll be in full bloom by May 3.

We managed to assemble the Chinese puzzle of a carport that we're using as a woodshed. Ron has been working on the rest of the trees that fell during the bomb cyclone, putting in next winter's wood supply.

And mowing nearly the entire 10 acres we have here. We've enjoyed so many beautiful days in April.

My sister and I went out in the wilds just south of us looking for mushrooms. Sadly, no mushrooms, but we had a fun day looking.

                            And I finally decided that long hair is way too much trouble.