Weekend Snowstorm

Our backyard visitor

This week we found a backyard visitor hopping around... it  startling me.  I am used to a dog following me  around the yard but not this.....

He/or she is lives around my garden.  In the picture below, he is trying to hide from me by our outdoor fireplace.

Some days he  hops out of from under the cabbage or radishes when I least expect it.  Today he was hiding in the sage.

Our dog is not quite sure what to do with this toad... howl at it or be frightened by it.  Silly dog!!

Garden Progress

Everything except the cucumbers are planted in the garden.  Those will be in tomorrow.

The plants look a bit wet and mussed up.... I took pictures of them after I watered.  Sorry they are all less than perky. As you can see we still don't have grass.  That may not happen until this fall.

This is some cilantro. It came up really quick.  In a few days we can start taking off leaves and cook with it.

  This one is kinda hard to see... it is immature chives.  This was a best picture of it I could get.

Baby pea plant.  Already has its runner coming out.

Beets... Yum!

Radishes.  Oops!  Look like I missed a weed or two.  They look a bit limp... after they dried off, the leaves looked better.

Mixed lettuce

Soon to be cabbage.  Yes, I know there are rocks in my garden. The previous renter added them and we can't get them out.  We have had a garden in earlier years and the rocks don't seem to affect the success of the garden.

Leaf lettuce

Spinach

This is the first of the corn to come up.  It is hard to see.  By evening it was up higher and easier to see. I am looking forward to corn on the cob at the end of summer.

My garden is in later this year than normal.  It was too cool to get things planted until a couple weeks ago and we had to get the new fence up... didn't want to step on growing plants.

Will update in a week or so.  We should have radishes to eat by next week.  

Now is it just a matter of watering and keeping thing weeded.  

Red Roses

I don't know much about growing roses.  I have a hard time remember to prune the rose bushes in front of our house.  Despite my lack of knowledge we have very pretty roses this year...

Yes, my flower beds are fairly empty.  I need to plant this year's flowers.

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Beautiful Spring Day

Kiddo and I took a walk and found this beautiful tree... 

In a few days it will be a deep purple color when it is in full bloom.  Absolutely love the deep blue sky.