A Season Begins

After a very long snowy winter, spring has at last, set in here at the farm. It is a beautiful sunny spring day here reaching almost 60 degrees. Everything seems to be greening up fast and spring bulbs are popping up and blooming everywhere you look!
We are all excited here for this upcoming season. The shop has a great new look with more garden products and exciting new additions. The greenhouses are buzzing with energy between propagating and potting-up new perennials. I will let you all know about all these developments in the near future.
Today I thought I would just take you on a little tour of the grounds here at Snug Harbor Farm and show you what is starting to appear.

The first bulb to emerge here was the Eranthis, or better known by it's common name Winter Aconite pictured above. This critter resistant perennial buttercup is typically first to bloom and over a few years will begin to spread  into a large mat.

The next to start blooming are the crocus. These bulbs also like to naturalize, but tend to be found and eaten by squirrels so I like to plant them in a high traffic area to prevent them from digging them up. They come in tons of different colors and can be striped or solid.

Galanthus or Snowdrops are also super early bloomers, sometimes pushing through snow-covered beds, hence their common name. These bulbs like to be planted in a shady spot when summer comes, a woodland environment or under a shrub border is ideal. They are clump forming and although there are only white varieties, you can find double ones as below.

Our Pansies and Violas have arrived and have filled the benches out in front of the barn. They come in bio-degradable peat pots in a huge selection of colors. Below is my personal favorite, old fashioned Stock. This spicy cinnamon scented annual was most likely in your grandmother's garden. They have been making a comeback over the years and we're glad to see that happening.

Not only can you just plant pansies this time of year, but we also have cold hardy vegetables ready to go. We have it all from Lettuce and Swiss Chard to Brussel Sprouts and even perennial Rhubarb pictured above.

Our perennial fields are also beginning to burst to life. These overwintered pots are teaming with new growth with Dicentra, Hemerocallis, and Angelica being first to emerge.

I hope you enjoyed this little tour of the grounds here at Snug Harbor Farm. There will be many more things happening here over the coming spring and summer season, so check back weekly for new updates.