Yellow haze

So the pollen rolled in this weekend. Literally. There was no pollen on Saturday, then on Sunday we could see it blowing down the street in huge clouds. So much for opening the windows to let the fresh air in.


Note that we had just powerwashed and stained our deck, so it was looking practically brand new. Everything is just coated in a thick layer of yellow dust:


Thank God for Zyrtec.

On another note, the Easter Bunny came to our house and left plastic eggs all over the backyard.


Due to the economic downturn, unfortunately, the eggs were empty. Given we had recently devoured about 5 dozen chocolate chip cookies over about 3 days, I'm seeing this as a blessing.

Most of our plants found permanent homes this week, either in pots on the deck:




Or in the garden. Now begins the arduous task of keeping everything watered.


We have another bed of tomatoes like this one, plus many in containers. In all, we have 25 tomato plants of 4 different varieties. Crazy? Yes, but I am a firm believer that you can never have too many tomato plants.


Here are our ground cherries, and soon we will transplant the eggplant into the space between them. They got a bit of a late start, but they are catching up nicely in this warm weather.

And finally, our peas are flowering!


It's only a matter of days until fresh snap peas. Not much is better than that.