In full bloom

I couldn't resist all the photos in this post.

I try to do as much organic gardening as possible. I use very few chemicals. The exception is for poison ivy. Round-up here we come! The nasty stuff in this photo has already been sprayed twice, and it is still green! But, I will keep at it.

I thought a photo of some of our fish would be fun. I really thought the pond was empty of them. We were given some nice size fish in March. We may have still had some, or those five have been very prolific. The great blue heron is aware of the arrivals. He visited today.

The pink and white flowers are Peppermint phlox. I planted it last fall. What a delightful plant. I have also posted a white crinum lily, a purple stokes aster and liatrus, which are the tall, spiky purple flowers.