Weeds have taken over my world

Well second trip to Rural Retreat and the weeds were of course just starting when I was here in April, but for them 3 weeks is like a lifetime and they have grown and grown taking over my little world here. The side yard garden went from picture on left to the picture on right. At least these weeds are pretty and have flowers!

April 26th



May 18

And the same weeds with beautiful flowers have taken over my garden on the hill!


April 28

Peony

May 19

First peony has bloomed and others will be right behind it shortly. Oh yeah - it's surrounded by weeds.. Get the idea.. Lots of work to do here.  As you can see Nelson's part of the garden has changed some. He's got it all tilled and planted - cabbage, peppers, some tomatoes, limas, and corn. The blue cover is one of several he's been using to cover the corn at night since it's still getting cold (31 degrees on Sunday morning) and he's trying hard to keep it alive! So far so good. Obviously the hill still needs lots of work.





New tomato patch

But on the good side, Nelson created a new tomato patch across the road behind the "orchard."  He had to get a 100 yard hose so he can water it, but that makes lots of other watering easy too so was a good investment!  

The peach tree actually has little tiny peaches growing - they've got lots of time to get big - it'll be end of July or early August before they are ready to pick.


Onions doing well

The onions my neighbor Kathy planted for me last fall take over last year's garlic patch and are looking good. My brother-on-law planted enough garlic for both of us this year, so have none on my property but will have plenty for the fall and winter.

Monday and yesterday cleaned out much of the herb garden and found that the sage, thyme (regular and lemon), chives (regular and garlic), tarragon, oregano, and one of my three lavenders survived the winter. Planted  new rosemary.

In other garden areas I got in multiple kinds of lettuce, radishes, beets, an eggplant, and potatoes (though don't have much hope for them) - should have been in when I was here last time.  Still have lots of weeding and seed planting to do this week!