Early Morning Garden

One of my favorite things is to take a walk in the garden in the early morning. Especially now that so much is happening. The plants are so small every bit of growth is huge, new seeds pop up overnight, it's magic. Here are some photos from my walk this morning.

This is about the only early lettuce we managed to keep Baby Bear from pulling up. Can't wait until it's ready!

Our chickens are great layers.

Last year the kids liked to wander and eat fresh peas off the plant. Sometimes we found half of the pods left attached to the plant as Baby Bear would come and just take a bite without picking it. I planted extra this year in hopes we'll get enough to freeze.

Raspberries grow wild up here but trying to grow this cultivated variety for bigger, juicer berries has been difficult. This year is the year! I hope. Maybe we'll actually get some berries.

Yarrow is one of the medicinal herbs we grow. Many herbs won't grow at this altitude and climate. This one we have to watch to make sure it doesn't take over everything.


This spring has been crazy. We had snow as late as May 24th. One week later we were up to almost 80 degrees F.  The jump from snow to hot has been hard on the plants but I think we've settled down. For now.