Spring has been very wet here, more so than usual. I think the entire month of May was made up mostly of rain, and the sun was everywhere-but-here. I don’t mind the rain most times, but it became more and more difficult not to gripe about it. And really, I have nothing to gripe about: my seedlings were all watered without my help and I was able to work on sewing and handwork projects (which I’ll share later). Something in my heart rings about being thankful in all circumstances.

Want a little tour?

The garlic scapes (the curly flowering coming up in the middle of the stalk) have now been cut and I am enjoying them chopped and fried. I am down to my last half dozen or so garlic heads from last year so I am really, really happy to see these coming due. I have even more growing in another raised bed.

The cherries are ripening.

Oh, is there anything better than salad from your own garden?!

This isn’t a food, but I just love the flowers on this Japanese Snowball tree.

Now, this IS food. Yum. Too bad the strawberry crops up here have suffered so due to the wet.

I enjoy growing and drying my own herbs for seasonings. Here are different varieties of sage.

I like the look of lavender growing together with chamomile.

The peas are coming!

What’s a garden without a birdhouse?

Lemon balm. For summer tea. And drying, of course.

Roses are blooming (miraculous up here in the Pacific Northwest!). They smell so nice.

I love the look of hydrangeas together with creeping jenny. The color just pops.

Calendula is back. Calendula is a wonderful herb for healing.

And here is the guardian of the gardens. We’ve just begun letting her outside. Don’t all cats need a garden to bask in when the sun shines?

I hope you’re enjoying God’s creation in your own gardens as well.
Blessings,