Most of our new garden is filling out rather nicely. Our nasturtiums are blooming, as are our sky & ice daisies:
Our new hydrangea (one of them) in our shade garden is flowering, too. This is a special lacecap variety that has this flat flower head and only the edges bloom. Not quite as showy as the big ball variety. So pretty!
OK, enough with the flowers. Here are a few veggie pictures:
Cherokees and lemon drop tomatoes will be ripening soon. With as little rain as we've had, and as hot as it's been, they are probably going to be done before they even get started. But we will enjoy what we get.Our peppers are looking great. We even have one bell pepper that we overwintered and it now has something like 15 peppers on it. No joke. The others are looking great, too and I'm glad to see the ants hard at work fertilizing our Hungarian purples:
We'll have more garden to share soon! And I know you were all wondering: where has Stan been? Don't worry, Stan the toad is back, and has made a nice little nest for himself in the garden below the kitchen window. He is so cute:
Although I haven't heard any calling from that area at night, so I'm wondering if Stan is a girl? Stanrietta? Stanlyn?And finally, dessert. Lisa has exposed me to the wonderful world of midwestern custard pies. Rhubarb custard, peaches and cream, strawberry pie (I know, strawberry pie isn't custard-based, but it is in the same genre of topless pies). Here is a delicious rhubarb custard we ate this week:
I'll have to introduce her to northeastern fruit pies (pies with tops on them). Mom, can I get your peach pie recipe?Happy Memorial Day weekend!!!
