I have a multitude of containers with herbs and flowers in them. The planter right beside the kitchen has basil, parsley and thyme in it for instant additions to cooking.
this gives a nice aerial view of the back yard... from the main garden, past the sidewalk, then the paperbark maple with its crescent bed. Then there's one of the two big birches... further back the white chairs with the plantings behind them. Oh, i can't forget to mention the vegetable garden near the driveway.
The vegetable garden is coming along slowly. With new-found intolerance to some vegetables, i have had to rethink my garden. Tomatoes and Peppers are not good for me. So this year i have planted onions, beets, peas and parsley... you can see them in the picture. I also planted squash, beans, carrots and lettuce. I'll be getting some cabbage plants from my father tomorrow.
The garden is much more lush than this picture portrays... the recent rains have made the garden twice as dense.
April has left us with double the amount of rain that is usual for us. And now on May 1 it is another rainy day. In general the garden is becoming lush very quickly. There has been a bumper crop of freckles violas that have reseeded themselves.
