Planting time

On April 14 we put in our first round of sweet corn.  We planted four rows of corn, which is now about an inch high.  We also planted 8 tomato plants, one cherry tomato, one sweet pepper, four cilantro plants and four basil plants.  I hope to make salsa and pesto this year.

I also planted lots of annuals in various beds.

I have squash and cucumber seeds inside, as well as lots of sunflowers.  I hope to have those ready to go in the ground in early May.

Today I got 3 yards of mulch delivered.  We are going to make a pathway in the front yard, between beds, using mulch and stepping stones.  My goal is to eliminate most of the grass in the yard.

My lavender looks fabulous this year, so I am attempting to dry some.

We have smilax growing along the front porch.  A robin family has decided it makes a nice nesting area.  Here is mom robin in her nest, built on top of our flag pole.  Guess I will not be changing the flag this summer!

Back to the garden

It has been a strange spring.  It was warm early, then turned cool.  The daffodils and forsythia have finished blooming, but the dogwood and redbud have hardly started.

I cut the grass for the first time this past Sat. (March 30).  I also cut the liriope back.