As usual, just when I really want to pay close attention to what’s blooming and when, spring’s flurry of activity distracts me from good record-keeping!  The last week has brought many garden plants into bloom…apples, cherries, pears, wood hyacinth, bay laurel, and serviceberries.  Our coast range natives are also supplying some wonderful forage: filberts, willows, native cherry, big leaf maple, little native strawberries, and madrone (photographed above) are all just beginning to bloom. And my neighborhood bee forage workhorses, Indian plum and flowering quince, are pushing out their final blossoms.