Peak season

The allium is done flowering but I really
like the seed pod in this monochromatic
shot. It provides good inspiration for
the carvings on my pottery.

The Buttercrunch lettuce is not only
thriving but delicious too. 

Several zucchinis are now forming.
The kale is larger than expected this
early in the season.

There are potato plants flowering
and growing in large pots and the
herbs and garlic are doing great.
The plants must like the compost
from Hirzel Farms.

Mother Nature is at the top of her game right now. Some of my favorite flowers are blooming and the vegetables have really taken hold. I have been harvesting my lettuce for salads for a few weeks now.
I finally found the lettuce varieties that are tasty and
not bitter as in years past.

The kitchen garden has been worth all the time, expense and effort. I can get up in the morning when it's cool and poke around to weed and water all before I even get dressed. I made plant markers and the garden gate sign out of red clay at the 577 pottery barn. Barb's metal printer's type made short work of the lettering. My garden has become a source of personal pride and pleasure.

One of the plant markers
in my kitchen garden.

Note the clever gate handle that
Tim installed for me.

Nice weather finally!

The first planting in my kitchen garden that was put in last fall.

Pretty much everything that needed to be planted now has been
done in my kitchen garden, the garden at 577 and my containers.
Now that the weather has finally warmed up, the flowers are
blooming, the vegetables are growing and spring is looking glorious.

The kitchen garden as seen from the back kitchen door.

For the past several years this clematis has produced many
blooms on both the front and back sides of this trellis patio fence.

Patio view of the clematis.

Yard view 

The rose bush in the front yard.

This rose bush has always been a favorite of mine.
A few years back a landscaper wanted to take it out and
I wouldn't let him. He was looking for some balance or symmetry in the landscape. Didn't agree and never regretted that decision. I love nurturing it.

The boxwood bed in the backyard has my favorite tuteur
(trellis) that Tim made for me quite a few years ago.