The winter roller coaster ride continues. Warmer, sunny days switch over to rain, then freezing temps, wind gusts and snow flurries, then bounce back to warmer and sunny. In spite of the roller coaster, the longer days are triggering the annual spring explosion.
1. The red cherry bush is beginning to open up.
2. A new bud on the Clematis, likely a Jackmanii, is climbing the streetlamp.
3. Two new blueberry plants. Two of the blueberries in the group in the front yard are tiny 1 foot tall plants, half the size of the others. The short ones looked odd next to the taller plants, which was a perfectly good excuse to buy more blueberries. I moved the munchkin plants over to the area around the newly planted redbud and planted the new ones in their place. I now have 13 blueberry plants and have yet to eat one. The birds always beat me to them.
Blueberry buds.
4. Buds on the Santa Rosa plum tree.
5. This may be one of the two new fat allium bulbs I planted last fall.
6. One morning the grass was churned up in patches in the front yard. I assumed the culprit was a hyperactive squirrel. I assumed wrong.
The dogs found the visitor before I did.
The tiny fuzz ball, caught out in the open, made a quick exit.
Going.
Going.
Gone.
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What is that creature? Is it a mole?
What a shame you never get to eat your blueberries.
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I’m sure it was a mole. I have mole colonies living in the yard, but you normally never see them. I collected mesh produce bags from the grocery store. Because the blueberry plants in the front yard are so small I’m going to put the netting over a plant or two and see if I can nab a few berries.
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You did well to capture a picture of the mole. They move very fast.
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Moles are such speedy creatures it’s rare to see the animal. You certainly see their efforts in lawns though. Hope you got to the blueberries in time.
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It is rare to see them. The ones here only appear when they think the coast is clear.
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