[Augie]

Last week was mostly warm and dry here in Central Missouri... until it wasn't. It's been raining on and off here since Thursday. We've had a touch over 4" since it started. Yesterday was ugly. Bad storms all over the midwest. No severe winds at my place but there was a lot of it around. The recycling facility at the local dump was wiped out by a small tornado yesterday afternoon.

The rhubarb plants I bought and repotted a couple weeks ago have been moved outdoors and are looking pretty good. Tomato plants are still in the greenhouse and are also looking happy. I didn't get the last ten asparagus crowns planted before the rain started. I'm wondering if I should stick them in the fridge until it dries up enough that I can set them out?

I managed to get the house yard and all of the outlying stuff mowed in between rain showers Friday and Saturday. It was starting to get shaggy and would have been a real mess if left until later.

So far my orchard trees have been relatively unscathed by frost. Mrs. Augie's magnolia tree got semi-frozen one night but not bad enough to wipe it out. The blossoms that were open didn't do so well but most of them still in tight buds and weren't damaged.

Honeycrisp apple.

Red Flowering Crabapple.

[FamiliarFace]

Very pretty!

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Gorgeous! Thanks for sharing! I’m still weeks behind you up here on The Frozen Tundra - but there ARE signs that Spring has Sprung! :)

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Augie; I love spring and the pictures of your property explain why! Fortunate man, well maintained property!

Off to the left of the apple trees in the woods I think I see a Horse?

I hope your rhubarb takes this year! Rotted manure in a trench and form a mound over it so it sheds water? Good luck!