The more I walk the land the more I enjoy it, even though the work I see ahead is overwhelming at times.

The forsythia is blooming now, but it's painfully obvious that it needs to be cut back and given a fresh start.

It's exiting to see how many fruit trees are on the land but sad to know that it's too late now to prune them all.

I am delighted to see that there is a good stand of elderberries on the property. (I later discovered that this was not elderberry but viburnum; the berries left on the plant had me fooled)

I wonder, will I make pies with them or sell them at the market?

 

When I first saw this huge tree I thought it was a dead evergreen but then I noticed some new life and realized that it was the tamarack.

 I think I will harvest some of these tiny cones to sell at Christmas time.

These sweet violets were the first wild flowers I spotted.  I know there will be more and I look forward to a great garden season on our new land.