Spring In The Garden

Spring is such a wonderful and busy season in the garden.  Everything is growing...including weeds...and the vegetables are producing fruit.  It has been such a busy time for Cletus and me both.  While life stays busy for us Now and Here, each day I give thanks Cletus was able to retire last year and can now devote more time to the gardening he loves.  

We are almost caught up with all our building and he has more time to get out with his tiller and his hoe and take care of the weed problem, any bug problems, turn on the sprinklers before things dry out, and generally keep things in order.  I think this years' resulting garden is the prettiest and the tidiest we have ever had in our 37 years together!

Enough of the words.  Here are some pictures of what we are doing in the garden.  We will continue to have green beans at the market in limited (for now) quantities and everything else will be coming soon.


 

Always the "helpers"


 

Carolina Reaper.  We thought it would not be so hot since it is so young.  We were wrong!






Two different potato varieties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coming soon, more beans!     

 
 

You just never know who is going to pop up in the garden!

I do  love a tidy garden! 

Spring in the Now and the Here.  As good as it gets on this earth!

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