Happenings

It's a chilly morning for mid-May, only about 40 degrees with wind gusts up to 20 mph! There's a chance of frost early tomorrow morning, so I'll wait until Sunday afternoon to plant the bell and banana peppers Josh gave me, and the herbs that I hope to purchase this weekend.

Not much of a morning for jumping outside, at least not without a sweater and a hat, so how about a little pictorial review of what's been happening around the gardens over the past 10 days?

Overall, everything is really growing vigorously, and some flowers are starting to bloom!

My peas are a few inches tall:

The lettuces are starting to distinguish themselves:

The strawberries are starting to bloom:

So are the crabapples (how I love these trees!):

Onion and garlic chives are going strong:

Lily-of-the-Valley are about to burst:

One of my peonies is doing really well (Frank keeps peeing on the other one, we'll see if it survives the nitrogen overload):

My prairie sage is spreading and I'm happy to let it compete with those pesky little weeds:

And best of all, sweet Frank bought me about 20 little hops plants for Mother's Day:

This was to make up for the 3 hydrangea he killed last year.  Good boy, Frank!