May News #2 the edible plants

My husband has taken over the outdoor gardening.  His big project this year is putting pavers between the raised beds to cut down on weeding and mowing.  He’s doing it slowly as he has a bad back, bad knees, etc- but considering all that,  I think he made lots of progress doing it all on his own.  

Somehow that silly gnome birdbath came home with is from Lowe’s.  

Some of the tomatoes are just starting to form 

We’ve been eating our lettuce and spinach for several weeks.  We are hoping the heads will grow back and keep replenishing, but who knows?  At least one of them looks very hopeful.  


also in the beds are assorted peppers and onions 

And Potato Land looks be growing so good! 

In the wildest corner of the back yard is a rose Bush we bought at Aldi years ago

We had to get rid of all our knockout roses as they all had that awful rosette disease 

 

And on the picnic table is this year’s fairy garden.  Grands and adults all enjoy rearranging the figures.  

❤️ Rhonda 

May news #1 May Day plants

Good evening everyone 

I’ve been filling pots with plants with a few bought ones and some brought outside from inside our house and some are from our son. 

These are on the patio near the door 

These are also on the patio,  some are succulents that I put in bigger pots and the petunias are from an 8 pack I found on clearance at Lowe’s for $1

All these pots look empty but they are all planted with caladium bulbs.  Our son ordered 35 pounds of caladium bulbs.  He’s planted a lot of them in his yard but 35 pounds is really a lot.  So he’s been sharing them.  

Caladiums are really fun as they all come up with different colors and patterns.  

And a few more pots of succulents and some ground cover I bought and planted last year and it survived all winter.  

In the yard is the berry patch.  The 2 mature blackberry bushes are loaded with new berries and my husband has been rigging up a protection cover to keep birds from eating the blackberries before we do.  

In the ground are strawberries and a few onions 

On the other side of the backyard are the raised beds and containers holding vegetables.  I’ll show those tomorrow.  

And my husband has put in all the work on them, not me.  I pull weeds but other than that,  the food plants are all his effort.  

Tonight I’m doing the Facebook painting party I posted about earlier.  

I see on the news that different areas are having different restrictions and different levels of restrictions being lifted. 

I know everyone wants to get back to normal but that virus is still out there. 

Hope you all are being careful and staying as safe as possible.  

❤️ Rhonda