It was a good day for gardening!

We spent part of last weekend cleaning up the yard and setting up the rain barrels and today I found some time to do some planting, preparing the area for my future Fairy Garden, and putting out all of my lawn and garden ornaments.  

Primrose 

A mix of asian greens

 kale and swiss chard

my first tulips of the season

astilbe

some perennials native to Wisconsin

my dry pond/bridge area (a project from a couple of years ago)

I think these are irises.

The Fairy Garden will go under the bay window next to the rain barrel.

pansies

a wildflower along the property line

an unknown plant along the property line

more spring bulbs

 This is where the greens are planted.  I hope to add some flower flowers 

when the chance of frost has passed.

autumn joy

peonies - these are growing fast!

one of my rain guages

I love these daffodils.  I picked up the sign at Patterson's Orchard.

 ferns - I love the start of them each spring!

This is a tree planted by the squirrels, the year I thought it would be neat to decorate an evergreen with birdseed (including pinecones covered in peanut butter and then seeds.  The squirrels didn't let the birds enjoy it.

The start of daisies and other perennials.

Flowers at My Parent's Place

Here are some photos I took yesterday:

Fairy Gardens with my Niece and Nephew

Last weekend, I invited my niece (5) and nephew (almost 8) over to build fairy gardens.  I had picked up a couple of glass bowls from Goodwill and had cut out cardboard the size of the bowls for us to take with us shopping as we picked up plants, soil, and accessories.  And then we took everything back to our house and built them in our sun room.  It was so much fun and the kids were so good.  Here are pictures of our creations:

My nephew's

My niece's

Mine 

(I know mine needs something more.  I was more focused on the kids.)