It's Garden Time!

Thank you, God, the week from hell is now over! I've been banging my head against the wall and tearing my hair out over javascript. Let's just say it does not play nicely with ColdFusion (a web server language). With that said and done, let's see what I've been up to, before the cicadas start finding short-term mates . . .

Here's a nice picture that Bruce took of me weeding the front yard garden. It's really fun to get your hands right into the dirt and digging around. Of course, I do take my rings off first, and I find that gloves just get in my way (I have small hands). Even though the weeds are a real pain, it does help when you pretend that these represent irritants that may be bugging you, like that obnoxious driver who took forever to make that left turn, or the rude cashier.

This picture was taken standing next to the garage. See what happens when you keep putting off thinning out the fennel plants? I left one fennel bulb in that spot when I was getting the garden ready for winter. All through winter, the fennel kept growing, albeit remaining mostly dormant. As spring progressed, I did notice the fennel growing extra shoots, but I was too busy with other stuff, and I don't like to stay outside in the cold too long. Well, let this be a warning to you. I need to go in and dig up the fennel bulbs before the main stalk gets any taller - these can grow to be about 6 feet tall.

Since I don't have a wide angle lens, I had to take two views of the front garden. And this is just early May. I'm going to have to go into business selling bunches of herbs.