Homestead Happenings: Flowers & Nature 4/24/26!

Pictured: Rock Creek 4/18/26

The Fae have a home in the woods and things are starting to pick up blooming. It’s really feeling like Spring out there!
Enjoy! Amy

Table of Contents:
~ Garden Guides! ~
~ Phenology: The Seasons Through Blooms! ~
~ Silver Creek Falls State Park Trip! ~
~ Thank You! ~

The blog is a sampling of all the photos I’ve taken this month.
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~ Garden Guides! ~

I am going to change the moon phase planting guides in favor of using phenology more. I will research old folklore and share those pieces of gold once this year is complete!

I’ve compiled a list of planting dates for 2026 based on the moon phases:
2026 Planting Guide – Zones 7/8
Here is a sampling for this week:
After 7:32am Apr 24th to before 10:22pm Apr 30th – Plant outdoors: Hardy Alyssum, Phlox, Marigolds, and Sunflowers

~ Phenology: The Seasons Through Blooms! ~

4/18/26 – False Solomon’s Seal, Blisterwort, Wild Bleeding Heart! Also saw blooms in the Gravenstein Apple and Red Bartlett Pear trees as well as a really old Exbury Azalea!

I noticed the Salt Cedar in our back yard started blooming on Wednesday so grabbed a quick photo:

~ Spying on Wildlife: Creek & Woods Videos! ~

As part of our woods walks, I like to occasionally take creek sound videos as you’ve probably seen in the past. And then I think I found a Faery Home!

~ Thank You! ~

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We’ll see you all again May 1st for our April Homestead Happenings: Livestock Edition, where pastures have opened up and cut back our feed bill!
Don’t forget, the next Homestead Happenings: Flowers & Nature will be May 1st, where there will be even more Garden guidance as planting starts to amp up and more will be blooming in the woods!