Garden Dreams and Dirty Nails: May 2014

Is it possible Spring is here, even when the evening temperatures will dip to 39 degrees? The trees and perennials say it is Spring, and they are the true authority. After a long cold winter I'm thrilled to see all the survivors showing their green. I also need to remember that there are a lot of late bloomers, and not to think the worst has happened to them, patience.
I am a bit worried about our little redbud. Very little sign of life, but there are signs, patience.
Unfortunately, our new vanderwolf pines in front suffered from winter burn and will probably need to be replaced, but we will wait and see how they look in another month, patience.
I did get the peas in and I'm seeing signs of green poking through the soil even with the squirrels doing their best to dig up every inch of soil in our yard. Feeling sorry for the critters over the winter and providing food for them has given us an abundance of squirrels in the yard. I'd rather have a couple more bunnies to deal with than the squirrels, who tend to get a bit destructive, supersoaker.
We have a fabulous collection of birds visiting the yard, and a newcomer, a yellow-rumped "Myrtle" warbler. Very pretty bird, I'll be sure to include a photo. It's probably time to put out the humming bird feeders.
Another big project coming up with the final backyard installment with some rocks, steps and more plants of course.