Kleckner Oasis – Page 138 – ~Oasis Among the Cornfields~

Variegated Lilac Bush

Variegation in plants is a beautiful thing to see.

This is a young variegated Lilac.

Stinging Nettles is the earliest vegetable I can eat in the spring.

After it is cooked, it does not sting anymore and is very nutritious.

I have a pet rooster that goes by the name Henry.

He is a large Dark Brahma and very friendly.

I cut one of my Paulownia elongata trees in half and now have created two trees out of it.

Should be interesting how it responds to this.

Goats like chewing on things, even on their shed.

This has created a hole they like to stick their heads through and check out what they can reach.

The sky lit up like a bright flower.

Honeysuckles were planted ages ago for the outside row of the windbreak.

These bushes keep cranking out flowers year after year.

I planted a row of Purple Asparagus.

The young shoots are purple and very ornamental, not to mention tasty.

There are many plum thickets on the farm that have burst into flowering now.

These shrubs are the native species that are called the American Plum(Prunus americana).

The Bleeding Hearts are blooming in the woods.

The Bleeding Heart perennial becomes taller than a lot of plants in the woods, so is very noticeable at this time of the year.