Not much was happening in the garden in April, but now things are really starting to take off.

I spent Monday in my garden. Mondays are technically the weekend for me and I was so glad my time off coincided with good weather.

When I woke up on Wednesday the temperature was 43. The warmest we’ve seen this year. On my morning walk I didn’t need a hat. Chickadees and cardinals sang their delight at the taste of spring in the air.

The next day it was more than 30 degrees colder.

I’m never certain if I’ll have flowers blooming in my garden in October or not.

In September in Wisconsin, the gardening season is winding down.

If July’s garden stars were purple poppies, August’s are sunflowers.

The purple poppies have been stealing the show around here lately.

Wow. So much has changed in the garden from April to May to June. As I mentioned last week, summer is well and truly here.

How can it be a month already since my first garden tour?

I was blown away by the responses to last week’s post about social media. Thank you to everyone who left a comment, sent an email, responded on IG or shared thoughts over at Skillshare. It seems a lot of us are a bit dissatisfied right now. Today, though, I thought I’d post something a little lighter!