I made two batches of strawberry jam last week and am looking forward to a nice harvest of snap peas to nestle into the freezer.
Thanks to the fortress-like fencing now around the veggie garden and strawberry patch, we are managing to enjoy quite the harvest already.
Enjoy the taste of sweet or spicy peppers all summer long by watching out for disease and conditions that can make you pepper plant fail.
The peonies and German bearded iris have been lovely this past week.
Trouble with the chickens these days. They are flying over the veggie garden fence and destroying it.
I’m sitting on the patio right now. Laptop on my lap, lemonade to my left, dogs at my feet, chickens picking nearby and my son ‘harvesting’ all the dandelions he can hold.
Asparagus beetles! The adults are munching on the spears and I suspect that, as evidenced by the other activity they are currently participating in, there will be lots of eggs there soon, too.
All the wisteria here is blooming now, and it’s fairly spectacular.
The apples are just about the last fruit trees to bloom in the garden, and they’ve finally started flowering.
My daffodils and tulips are pretty much finished blooming and are being replaced by lots of blooming perennials, especially in my shade gardens.
Today is Earth Day. Around here it seems that everyday is Earth Day—as it should be everywhere in my book. I think most gardeners feel that way.
