Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once. ~Woody Allen

Hope you remembered to move your clocks ahead an hour before retiring last night. It is said that we are now in Daylight Saving Time!! Let's see ... For many past mornings, the sun has been peeking over the eastern horizon at 630 AM. And this morning, well ... looking east, the horizon is dark and looking southwest, the bright moon against the dark sky is showy at 630 AM, this day, March 11. Yes it is ... Daylight Saving Time is upon us. How long will it take us to adjust? Oh my!

Hope you have a good day. Remember to spend time outdoors, spend time with family and friends and take a breath for yourself. Until next time, Happy Gardening.

It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade. ~Charles Dickens

Where has this month gone? Passing by so quickly. And here it is, March 10. Remember to change your clocks at 2 AM March 11, as Daylight Savings Time begins. Move 'em ahead one hour. Ya know, it does not affect all in this great United States of America. I believe part of Indiana and all of Arizona do not change. Anyone know for sure?

More posters/prints for ya. Hope you enjoy. Have a good day and until next time, Happy Gardening.

"All Nature seems at work. Slugs leave their lair
The bees are stirring, birds are on the wing,
And Winter slumbering in the open air,
Wears on his smiling face a dream of spring."
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Hey ... it's Friday. What plans do you have for the weekend? Hope you will find time to spend outdoors.

Look around and try to find all the new blossoms, new growth, new color that abounds. Our forsythia is beginning to send out blooms. Daffodils are up and showing their brightness. Redbud trees are budding. Fruit trees, well, their growth is so strong, one can almost hear those buds pushing from the branches!! Winter Jasmine is bright yellow. On and on and on!!!! Wow, spring is on its way.

Which of your daylilies are peeking up thru the ground? Many, many of ours are out and looking up toward the sun.

Here are some of our daylilies that will be blooming this 2012 season at Oakville Farm .....
And until next time, Happy Gardening.


Jungle Beauty





Imperial Lemon







Mosel

"Springtime is the land awakening. The March winds are the morning yawn."
- Lewis Grizzard

Winds are once again stirring. Sun is playing hide and seek in the clouds. Clouds are rolling in very quickly. Winter weather, still upon us ... spring is close behind.




Hope you are having a good day. Remember, take time to spend a
moment or two outdoors. The air, the wind, the sea, light rain, the sun ... reminders of what today is all about.





Until next time, Happy Gardening.

"The March wind roars
Like a lion in the sky,
And makes us shiver
As he passes by.
When winds are soft,
And the days are warm and clear,
Just like a gentle lamb,
Then spring is here."
- Author Unknown

Winds are blowing .... winter is still with us. Yet, March 20 and spring arrives, what will weather bring?



A few more posters, hope you enjoy ...















What are your daylilies looking like? Here at Oakville Farm ... Evergreen cultivars are 2-4" above ground. Semi-evergreen cultivars are popping up thru the ground in their finest green! And dormant cultivars are patiently waiting their turn! What a grand thing, Mother Nature.

Hope you have a good weekend and until next time, Happy Gardening.

“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.”

“Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.”

"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.”

"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. You are the guy who'll decide where to go." ~ Dr Seuss

March 2 is Read Across America Day. Oh yeah. Did you learn to read by reading Dr Seuss books? The rhyming. The life lessons. Great, great books! Theodor Seuss Geisel, pen name ... Dr Seuss, wrote over 50 books. Today was Geisel's birthday ... he would have been 108 years old. His books are timeless. To be read by young and old for generations to come.

Did you read the book(s) .....

The Cat in the Hat








If I Ran The Zoo











Horton Hears A Who!












.... just to name a few. Check 'em out the next time you visit your child's school Media Center or your local library.

Hope you had a good day and until next time, Happy Gardening.

"March is a month of considerable frustration - it is so near spring and yet across a great deal of the country the weather is still so violent and changeable that outdoor activity in our yards seems light years away."
- Thalassa Cruso

Happy First day of March to all!! Weather is supposed to be warm and blustery today. What is the ole proverb, "March ... in like a lion and out like a lamb"? We'll see. Remember, our weather stats can be viewed at OFW.

With the forecast of near 80 degrees today, will spend time outdoors. Trimming branches away from fence, inventory daylilies, planting a few bulbs, feeding caprine. Sounds like I better get started.

Just a few daylily photos to get you in the mind of "Spring".

Pandora's Box







Pilot Light







Streaker







Hope you have a good day and until next time, Happy Gardening.