Harvest Monday - May 5th

Thursday of last week I was able to pick lettuce directly from the garden for the first time for our evening meal.  I harvested two types: butter crunch and green ice.  They made a delicious salad.

Tomatoes could be looking better.  After Mother's Day they will go into the garden.  I've been hardening them off and exposing them to natural sunlight.

How does your garden grow?

Harvest Monday with Daphne.

Gardening for Granny.

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!