Spring photos

Finally, am updating this blog with some photos. (Click on the slideshow/photos and you will go to Picasa and see the slideshow in a larger size.)

Rainy sunday

Yesterday was beautiful and we spent the active part of the day weeding the vegetable garden. I finally got around to mulching the herb section -- what a mess it was, but now it's tidy. Today we awoke to heavy rain; we were supposed to weed the shrub and flower beds. My vote is to have Strawberry Hill (our lawn service) do it.

Last weekend we had to go to New Jersey because Greg's brother Ron had bypass surgery. The weather here and there was quite hot (high 90s) and the peonies pretty much peaked this week; not much left. Last Friday I brought enough with me to NJ for two big, gorgeous bouquets. This past Monday I brought a big bunch to work and have rotated through a few bouquets in the house. God I love peonies. Also Siberian iris have pretty much peaked. So gorgeous. Asparagus season is over. Got some peas at Volante farms yesterday; delicious cooked simply with butter, salt, white pepper and some windowsill chervil.

The roses are blooming like crazy. They'll probably keep going at least a week or two more. Plants in the cutting flower garden are doing well, though the Teddy Bear sunflowers are down to about 1-2, and some sort of disease got one of the delphinum.

I have tons of photos but haven't had time to download, upload, caption, arrange, etc. Hope to get to that this week (mabye).

First Peony Harvest

It's been really busy lately, didn't get to do much gardening last weekend. However, couldn't resist sharing the first peony harvest of the season. Here they are with a couple of Siberian Iris.