Every April and May, especially, I struggle to blog about food as much as I do the rest of the year because the garden calls to me. If I'm out in the garden I'm not in the kitchen baking.
We've had a long, cool spring which has meant more time to be able to pull weeds and trim things and then, the soil finally warmed up, so I could plant the seedlings that had been waiting...and waiting...and waiting.
This year Sweetie really helped me so much getting new irrigation to the area between the house, driveway and studio. That allowed me to plant more veggies since that is one of the sunnier spots. Since we are gopher city very few things get planted in the ground. That means a lot of work filling planters and pots with potting soil before you can even do the irrigation or plant the seedlings.
In February when I was weeding an area near the iris raised bed near the barn I decided to plant some red poppy and golden California poppy seeds since I had some and that area gets sun for most of the day. Life got in the way, so I never did pull out the seedlings that I should have to allow space between plants. Same with a rectangular planter opposite heading toward the studio. Imagine my delight when they didn't seem to care and I now have bunches and bunches of scarlet poppies and lots of California poppies! Of course there are still some weeds...I never seem to get them all. Added to the charm are the nasturtium that self-seeded last fall and are now overrunning the edges of most of our sidewalks.
The roses and iris have also been a delight and some sweet pea plants that I bought at a nursery in February are blooming, too.
Here are some photos of the different areas of the garden, all taken about a week ago in mid-May. Don't worry, I'll get back to posting cooking and baking adventures soon!
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