March Morning at the Farm

I thought I'd share some glimpses from my walk around Green Pastures Farm this morning.  It's a beautiful day . . . sunny, blue skies, the early Spring flowers and leaf buds are emerging . . . it's peacefully quiet except for the birds chirping and an occasional soft baaaaa from the goats . . . there's an earthy smell of freshly turned soil and a faint sweet scent of the Tea Olive blooms . . . the sun is beginning to gain warmth as it moves higher in the sky.

First, a stop by "The Men's" pasture where they're enjoying a favorite treat of fresh cut rye and clover.

Boo mini Saanen wether

Lots of shrubs and a variety of daffodils are making a spectacular show.

Chinese Fringe Flower Loropetalum chinense

Temple Bells Pieris japonica

Smokey enjoying the morning with me

daffodils with Harry Lauder's Walking Stick Corylus avellana ‘Contorta’

Irises native to the farm and moss phlox Phlox subulata

Narcissus 'Jetfire' and Abelia x grandiflora 'Kaleidoscope'

we're going to have a bumper crop of blueberries this year!  Vaccinium ashei

And what would a morning walk be without watching a baby goat romp?