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| Purple Coneflower (Echinacea) starting to bloom. |
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| First tomatoes ready for picking this past week! |
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| Lush and beautiful, our Sun Leaper tomatoes are some of our healthiest vines right now. |
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| Gladiolus are finally blooming. |
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| Bell peppers are getting big. |
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| Rutgers tomatoes are starting to ripen. |
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| The strawberry pyramid is getting established. |
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| Mimosa trees blooming bring back many fond memories from my childhood. Although quick to become a pest here in the south, we let this one stand because it shades the kitchen from the hot morning sun. |
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| Cilantro in a pot by the front gate, convenient for harvesting a few leaves to add to a salad or other dish. |
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| The green beans are blooming. Won't be long before we have some on the table! |
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| I'm always amazed at how fast the Concord grapes go from the bloom stage to almost full-sized! Looks like another abundant crop this year! |
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| Broccoli ready to eat. |
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| Easter Lily finally decided to bloom mid-May. Wonder if it would bloom earlier if it got more sun? |
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| Bird feeders and bird baths are good additions to any garden. Birds help to keep insects under control. |
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| Mulberries are ripe. Grandma makes some of the best mulberry desserts! |
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| Kohlrabi ready to eat! What? You've never had any?! This is a favorite with the children! |
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| The strawberry roots from E&R Seed are doing very well! These are Albion everbearers, and I have extra. $2.00 a plant. |
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| Kohlrabi, zucchini, and strawberries from our garden. |
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| This Amaryllis bloomed just in time for Mother's Day. |
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| Our old-fashioned fragrant rose bush is in full bloom, and shedding fragrance far and wide. |
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| Here I attempted a picture of the entire row of irises. It didn't turn out so well, except for the girl at the other end! |
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| Forget-Me-Nots starting to get really pretty! Thank you, Sister Anna! |
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| A few more pretty shots of the irises. |
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| Peas blooming. |
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| Yukon Gold potatoes doing well. |
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| Elizabeth's personal rose bush. Pretty in pink! |
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| Zucchini squash blooming in the early morning. Some squash forming on the vines now! |
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| These went from completely green to fully ripe in one week! And they are so good! Yes indeed, I ate one right after taking the picture. |
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| Zucchini squash are blooming. We're anxious to see them set fruit. |
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| Peas are just starting to bloom. They disappointed us again - so far. |
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| Made 2-ft.-square raised beds for the children to have their own personal square foot garden. Filled them with Mel's Mix, modified to my specifications. I know, I haven't posted instructions yet. That's coming up next! |
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| Matthew eagerly helping Momma plant tomatoes. |
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| The iris bed is probably at its prettiest right now. Thanks again to Karen Koenig! |
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| And this one is my favorite! The camera didn't do justice to the color. |
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| More irises in bloom. |
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| A dark purple iris starts blooming now. |
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| Last remaining part of the garden that hadn't been tilled, "stronghold of weeds," was conquered today! The Yukon Gold potatoes on the right are looking great! |
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| Raspberries transplanted, fertilized, mulched; weed barrier applied. |
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| Lettuce, kohl crops, tomatoes and onions doing well! |
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| Strawberries are still not ripe. But then again, they ARE called "June bearers!" |
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| I planted some potatoes in a barrel again this year. |
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| My new strawberry pyramid is still bare. Not one of the 20 everbearing strawberry roots I got from Walmart grew! |
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| Our climbing rose is blooming profusely now. |
