It's that time of year to show off a bit of the spring garden. The potatoes are coming up nicely.
The cucumbers are coming along. Today we planted okra. Tomatoes, peppers, squash, eggplants and beans are in the ground. The herb garden is coming along.
The flower beds are being filled with salvia, coleus, and marigolds. Other annuals will go in soon so that there will be a riot of color.
The iris have bloomed, sending out their light, sweet fragrance if you get close enough. These were the old bearded iris brought down from Virginia. It is hard to know how many years these tubers have been around.
And finally there is something growing inside this little bird house. A mother wren has been sitting on her eggs and the little ones are about to hatch. I am sure soon that there will be all kinds of babies being born around here. I never know what I'll see as I walk around the property.
That's the good thing about living in the country. There is ample land with good soil to have a big garden, enough woods and fields to provide a sanctuary for the animals, and enough room for all of us to co-exist. Pretty cool.
nice...will be fun to watch the new life in the bird house...the gardens look great...heres to a good harvest...
ReplyDeleteLooks good to me.That's the one drawback to living in a condo,you cant do stuff like this.
ReplyDeletethis must be so rewarding. planting, watching it grow, then the colourful or delicious rewards...
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful -- and I love that small birdhouse.
ReplyDeleteVery cool.
ReplyDeleteYes, pretty cool. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI am so jealous of your garden. It reminds me I have to send the check in for my CSA. THANKS
ReplyDeletethanks for sharing. your garden is so beautiful and it brings me serenity to look at the pictures. have a good one, syd.
ReplyDeleteVery cool indeed. I am so very grateful to have this little bit of land for me and mine and a whole lot of other flora and fauna to grow. It is my joy, watching, tending, observing.
ReplyDeletewow. we had snow the other morning....i'm so ready for the sunshine and greener greens.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous.
ReplyDeleteNature does so much without any words at all. Thanks for sharing her beauty with us today!
ReplyDeleteYou two know what you are doing in the garden. Trying to get a plot ready and then to actually produce some veggies is intimidating to most of us. We have so many critters here we pretty much concede to them, the land is theirs. At the previous place we tried to grow things but the critters ate them all as soon as there was a piece of green showing in the soil.
ReplyDeleteGood looking garden but don't send pictures of it to Travis Erwin. hahahahaahaha
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