Fooling Twigs II

Last week, I began forcing some twigs. In the few days since my last post, they have continued to develop. The cherry twigs have young leaves (pictured below, first) and their flower buds are starting to lengthen (pictured above and below, middle). The hawthorn twigs (pictured below, last) are swelling and developing color. I will continue to…

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Fooling Twigs!

Last week, I was suffering from a bad case of the winter blahs, so I decided to force the issue and bring a little bit of early spring into my house. I walked into my garden and snipped twigs from all sorts of trees and shrubs; I stuck them in…

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