rookie

I am floundering my way through the blog thing.I have no clue how to post stuff and uploading pictures has been an adventure. I am sure I will figure it all out but it's hard to teach an old dog new tricks.
I noticed the snowdrops are poking their heads out of the ground today. If they are smart they will stay hiddden considering we are expecting a bad winter here.We will need to cut back the Heavenly Bamboo this weekend. It is laying on the ground from the snow and the gunnera took a hit but I have mulched so it may be ok. If anyone reading this wants me to stick to the latin then the common names let me know. For now I switch back and forth. I had to dig out the external hard drive today to find my house pictures and the plant pictures. I have a great picture of a hummingbird on the Abutilion but that will be for tomorrow.

On the Island

This is a simple blog about what I am seeing and doing in the garden at any time. We will doing a major clean up this week after the snow fall last week. Many of the broadleaf shrubs have snow damage and have broken branches which need to be cleaned up. Also the evergreen magnolia has some cold weather damage mostly from the wind. Then the tender tropicals in the greenhouse haven't faired so well either since the heater went out. So this will be a busy week.
 Must fill those birdfeeders also. Don't want those little guys going without food. I like to use shelled sunflower seed. It is no mess and no waste. A little more expensive but worth it.