🫛🌱 The San Marzano vine made it through the cold snap just fine, thankfully. (There’s about 5 more trusses like this left on it of greens.)

Is that pizza I smell?

🫛🌱So, look what I found. The large yellow/white orbs (not to be confused with Lemon Boys) are a new cucumber I’m trying. Not sure how to determine ripeness on those, so I only grabbed a few of them; they’ve proven prolific, at least—taste test to follow.
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The best part of spending the morning in the garden?

Grabbing a light lunch on the way back in. (was testing the carrots to see if they were ready yet—a little slim but almost a foot long, so it won’t be long)
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And now is a fine time to remember I forgot to prune one if the grapes. 🫛

🫛The cucumbers were happy today! 🫛

Living in the largest city in my state, this is how my day starts. I am so lucky and grateful.

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Meanwhile, as the irises and lillies wind down, the Rudbeckias warm up, and the Asters, Phlox, and Monk’s Hood begin to unpack their instruments. I love this time in the garden. (Less than half the Beowulfs bloomed this year, I think I’m going to have to move them away from the Asters.)

🫛 And the countdown begins! What a view for my morning tea! (Eight Immortals Dan Cong, if you’re interested.)

These blackberries I planted. I have two others (and two stands of black raspberries) that God contributed, via avian digestive tracts.

So, this is from one of my all too-neglected beds. It’s a bearded iris, Beowulf by name. Like it, so tried to acquire some more, was told by one source it’s rare. How can I verify that? If so, I’ll just have to get more the old-fashioned way, by letting the plant do it for me.
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This is why I take every warm moment God gives me for spring garden prep. Less than 48 hrs ago I was cleaning pots and potting berry bushes in a t-shirt. Today, this is what the potting table looked like:
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While cleaning up and recycling soil from last year’s potting I cleared away some leaves before dumping & found these little guys and set the pot aside. It was unmarked, in a tray of failed tries, no recollection of what I tried to grow there last year. Wonder what it is? A Stonecrop, maybe?
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Cleaning out a desk, found a relic:

#chess #oldsoftware

Yep. I’m that old.

I win Christmas. I got a ScoobyDoo sticker!