Friday Shots - May 2

With all our rain here this week the garden exploded with growth.

The green canopy is filling out.

The toads appeared in the pond to mate and lay eggs.

I was worried that the goldfish would be washed out but many remain.

Plants are growing in leaps and bounds.

The first iris bloomed for May Day.

Remember the skunk cabbage last week?

 Washed over by flooding creek this week.

The wetlands covered in silt.

It will recover in no time and be only a memory.

Filled To the Brim

And it continues to rain!

Above photos taken this morning.  

This afternoon rain has increased.  Here are updated photos.  Sorry for the quality.  These were taken through rain drenched windows.

This is the scupper from our inverted V roof.

Water is trickling over the left side (at 9 o'clock position) of the pond despite the overflow trench on the right (at 2 o'clock position).

2014 First Harvest

Just picked - baby bok choy and chives.

These will go into an Oriental soup tonight!

It won't be long before I'm picking lettuce, too.

Harvest Monday

Gardening for Granny!

Friday Shots

A single tulip is blooming.  I had purchased these tulips last spring and when they were done blooming, I transplanted them into the garden.  There may be one more to bloom in a day or two.

I have lots of forget-me-nots but this one is on the hill with a southern exposure so it's in bloom now while the others have yet to set their buds.

All the ferns are sending up their fiddleheads.

Down at the creek near the driveway the skunk cabbage is in all its glory.

Looking upstream there's not as much of it.

I love how the sun shines through the leaves.

The owl house remains empty.  Maybe next year.

Almost time to harvest some bok choy and lettuce.