Thankfully, we had a mild spring. So, planting the garden early worked out perfectly. Everything has gotten off to a fabulous start. Some things are even ready to enjoy.

MAIN GARDEN AREA

Well, it’s not our most beautiful garden. Parts of it are horribly overgrown. It needs weeded. But, the majority of the produce is growing well.

Zucchini

In a separate bed, I recently planted rows of squash, pumpkins, and gourds.

Since I started the herbs early in the greenhouse, the cilantro has already flowered… oops. It will need to plant more seed. I love cilantro.

The raspberries are starting to ripen. Yay!

Some of the lettuce and kale could already be cut.

The tomatoes have lovely, yellow flowers. This is the beginning of my impatient waiting for the onset of glorious, red tomatoes.

This was fun to watch. One cedar waxwing shared its red berry with its friend.

FRUIT TREES

Apples and plums are doin’ their growing thing.

AQUAPONICS & GREENHOUSE

In the greenhouse we have tomatoes at varying stages, an Asian eggplant is flowering, lettuce and kale are ready, Mexican sour gherkins are ready to be picked, and a few beans are making an appearance.

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We took a risk last month and planted our summer garden. So far so good. The weather has cooperated and everything is growing well… including the weeds.

THE MAIN GARDEN AREA

Lots of greens, beets, radishes, onions, tomatoes and herbs growing.

HERBS

Over grown sage in the garden.

A variety of herbs growing nicely in the greenhouse.

I put together three herb gardens in old barrels and set them on our patio. Most items transplanted well, but the basil was not impressed with the move. I have intentions of blogging about them later.

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This is about a month earlier than our normal, but we planted the garden. At least, part of it. I had many plants started and ready to be moved outside and the weather seems to be cooperating, so we gave it a whirl. So far, so good.

Even with the pigs being in part of the garden for awhile, it is still a weedy mess.

Farmer John tilled a small section in the garden for our first phase of planting.

Many of my tomato, kale, and herb starts were planted. The kids also planted a few things like radishes, beets, and watermelon.

The good news – 2 weeks in the garden and all my plants are doing well. The bad news – the weeds are doing well, too.

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