Nothing sweeter...

Seriously. You haven't smelled sweet until you have smelled the intoxicating aroma of my great-grandmother's roses, some of which now reside in our yard.



The Steve irises are doing great, as usual:



Mom was here a couple of weeks ago, and as we pulled in the driveway she said "Look at them all smiling at us!"





Uh, yeah, the volunteer sunflowers are *everywhere!* In the ground, in the pots (apparently I used soil from last year that had seeds in it...) We really need to thin these so some will get big and strong and flourish.



I think this rose is called Peppermint:



The peonies are in full swing!



And, yum - fresh bok choy from the garden with dinner:

The outdoors is dangerous!

Last weekend, the high winds brought down part of one of our big trees. Luckily it fell between the new blueberries and the asparagus bed, and not right on top of one of them.




And then I caught poison ivy, and two days later I pulled a tick out of my side! I may never go outdoors again!

But, this may convince me to - my score from the Dutchess County Master Gardener Plant Sale:





The rhododendrons are still going strong, and I'm trying to notice details more, so a close up is in order as well.





The columbine I planted last year is looking well. So deep and dark! If only I could remember the name...

Pink! and, I wish the Internet had Smell-o-Vision

The pink azaleas out front always bloom after the ones on the side of the house. They are going full force now!



These little guys planted themselves!



Yup, Cilantro!



The Highbush Cranberry from Lisa and Guy's wedding is blooming, and very tall! I would say almost 7 feet.



And this is why I wish the Internet had smell-o-vision - the garden smells so good right now! And, that scent means it's almost Christa's birthday! :-)

It's all in the details

Red tulips are not all the same, at least not from the outside.

This shows you how (un)observant I am. Just yesterday I realized that Mrs. Pampalone's tulips:



are different on the inside from the tulips I planted:



I wonder what else I am missing?!

Does this mean...

we will have blueberries this year?! I certainly hope so!



Every day we come home from work, pull in our driveway, and this is what greets me.



These little guys are on the west side of our front yard, where everything is always a little behind, I think due to lack of sun.



This color combo is my favorite right now, it's hard to capture all of it in a photo, though.

We're rich!

Hah! But look at all the money plant / silver dollar plant. These are mixed in throughout almost all our beds, and they all started from one lone plant that must have reseeded itself from Mrs. Pampalone's gardening days.



The azaleas are starting to join the color show.



Look at all the volunteer sunflowers along the bricks! There are more throughout the front and side beds, yay!



Mrs. Pampalone's primroses are starting to bloom.



This was all seen on our way to harvest part of breakfast from our backyard.





Asparagus and eggs. A heavenly combination we learned of last spring...

Thank you, neighbors!

For growing the lilacs, and for not chopping them down. Last year our neighbors chopped down a mulberry that was next to their lilac, because the squirrels were jumping off the mulberry onto their roof, and apparently got in their attic. Thank goodness they didn't hold that against the lilac, too!