The turnips are up

My turnips are up and they made a pretty good stand.  This time I'm going to make a special effort to thin them out more than ever in hopes of having healthier plants that could fight off the aphids.  The soil they are in is very good and that should also help.

Turnips and Radishes have arrived.

I've noticed the iris greening up.  A sign they have broken their winter dormancy.  Here in Oklahoma they also go dormant in the hot summer months and put on rhizome growth in the fall and early winter.  At one time I had 400 varieties but there is no way I could take care of that many now.  In fact I'll have to thin the herd even more this year.

Grape hiacynths

The grape hyacinths are blooming now.  They are quite plentiful around the neighborhood and quite beautiful when blooming in mass.