Lilac Festival and more

It was a beautiful day to spend Mother's Day @Arnold Arboretum.

Happy Mothers Day

..to all the Mother's out there. Here is what my daughter picked for me from the backyard :)

White hyacinth in the backyard

Tupperware turned into a bird feeder as...

my real bird feeded got eaten partly by squirrels :). Picture of the real bird feeder is missing here. I know that squirrels do eat the food but never knew that they would also chew the feeded itself.....

Garden Center

Stopped by the Russells Garden Center and picked a Mint plant. Last time I purchased 3 years back and every year I was putting it in ground for winter and getting it back in spring. This time I left it in the pot and it almost died with one last tiny green root. I am not sure if that survives so got a new one.

Trip to Garden in the Woods

Lovely Spring Day and great shot hike. This was perfect for my toddler as she enjoyed the walk too.

Wish them luck...

Rose plants are growing, but they need close inspection as they were infected by Aphids last 2 years. When I planted them 3 years back I got some lovely flowers the first year but then I realized that I planted them in a wrong spot as we have a flowering cherry tree close by and Winter moth caterpillars on them attached my roses and alonf with them Alphids. Next 2 years they fought back as I tried neem spray. I hope I get some time to fertilize them and clean up the bed to enjoy them this year

Tulips and more...

Tulips are in full swing in the garden and it was pleasant day, today and nice walk around the Boston Public Garden.

Quite an eye catcher

Latest trip to Museum of Science->Butterfly Garden was quite an eye catcher. Main attraction for me was "Atlas Moths". I heard of them before but never seen them. When I entered the garden, it was hard for me to believe that these humongous butterflies were real, I felt they were some decorations or something. More than the view the facts were amazing too. They are in cocoon for about 5 years, but they live for week or so. As they fly and eat during nights and sleep during day, we were lucky to see then real close.

Patriots Day come and gone....

Tower Park Battle

...but I am trying to catch up with my backlogged blogposts. This year we were driving around the town and happened to witness the reenactment of "Tower Park Battle" on saturday before patriots day.

This year's first bouquet from the garden..

Seedling Update - April 10th

This year I am trying out some vegetables like okra, ridge gourd, bitter gourd etc. These can be sown directly in soil but just trying to have some head start on the process, so tried soaking letting them germinate a bit. In case if these seedlings don't work out I have some to do direct sowing

The seeds I started in march are with true leaves and may need transplantation soon.

Bulbs coming back

Bulbs show up with beautiful blooms as Spring knocks at our door.

Walk on the bikepath

Finally, its a beautiful day for a refreshing walk on the minuteman bike path today. Here is the way which used to look amazing in fall in a different color. Makes me wonder is this the same path which used to looks like this(click on the link). 

Rainbow cake....