The Irises are in Bloom

The irises are blooming.

Some of the milkweed leaves have monarch butterfly eggs on them.  I didn't see the monarch in the garden, only the result of her visit! What a nice surprise! 12 eggs total were found.

We've been watching a couple of robins building a nest at the entrance to our perennial path, at the top of the arbor under the wisteria vine.  

Vegetable Garden

After a few days of rain, it was so nice to get into the garden to finish planting the vegetables.  Here's my list of veggies for this year:

"On Deck" sweet corn in the half barrel
Little Marvel peas
Lettuce:  romaine, iceberg, leaf and buttercrunch
celery
Spanish onions
Benny's red onions
Eureka yellow beans
Moulin Rouge Beets & Detroit Dark Red Beets
Danvers Half Long carrot
asparagus (perennial)
rhubarb (perennial)
Marketmore 97 cucumbers
Better Belle peppers
Lady Belle peppers
Fairy Tale eggplant
Patio Baby eggplant
San Marzano tomatoes
Early Girl tomatoes
Better Boy tomatoes
Patio Star summer squash

Vegetable garden tucked into the back of our yard

Raised bed with 4 kinds of lettuce

3 rows of peas with trellis for their tendrils to grab onto 

Bell pepper, celery and an eggplant

Tomatoes in cages

Rhubarb (with milkweed at right to attract monarch butterflies)

Cucumbers that will grow up the trellis to save room

Yellow beans, red and Spanish onions, beets

Concord grape vines

Can you see all the clusters of flower buds?

Corn in half barrel

Herb planter containing parsley, sage, rosemary, thyme, basil and oregano, with pot of patio eggplant and johnny jump-ups to the right.