Wow, I am a seriously bad blogger!

It's been like 2 months since I last posted. Oops. Here are some shots of what's been going on in the gardens, and in the kitchen.

First strawberries:

Peonies, Sweet Willieam and Geum:

New Nicotiana under the pear tree, with aster on the right:

Silver Dollar Plant (aka Money Plant), post bloom:

Sunflowers, but I need to post a newer one, they are big and blooming now:

Steve Irises, and sunflowers that planted themselves:

More berries...after the darn skunk dug up the strawberry bed we didn't get too many more:

Lamb's Ear and Astilbe:

Smoke bush made it through the winter:

Silky Dogwood came back, and bloomed! after being accidentally cut down by the "tree guys" last year:

Voodoo Bulbs!

Miniature rose that was dead when we got back from Italy, a little rain (more like a LOT of rain) during June, and it bounced right back:

New perennial daisies and daylilies:

Monster lilies, taller than me:

Yucca:

Hydrangea and daylilies:

Stuff from Mom on the left, and Snow on the Mountain on the right. Steve has been mowing this for the past few years, I finally weeded this area and the Snow on the Mountain bounced right back:

First attempt at Dilly Beans refrigerator pickles, yum!

Zucchini pickles and dilly beans: