The arbor is almost full of roses...
...hydrangeas are starting...
...mock orange...
...blue sky vine-this thing did so well last year and then came back this year even stronger that I ran out and bought another. It is not an inexpensive plant, but worth every dime!
The gardenias are just starting...
...gerberas all coming back...
...as are the day-lilies....
....and the alstroemerias....
....roses...
...jasmine...
...and the pots of petunias. I really expected to come back to a desert as we are only allowed to use our irrigation systems twice a week and where we were, there was NO rain...must have had a few drops here because almost everything looked good!
The only "crop" I am doing this year is a few grape tomato plants-and I do them in pots right outside the back door where I grow my herbs. When I left, I had just potted these plants. This is what I found when I returned...
...and, if you look very carefully, my crop is on its way. Then I will head over to my daughter's house (where her family is doing a big garden) to pick the rest of my salad!
The kitchen area is more "Tuscan, wine" theme than spring, but this is one of the few times a year that I can use these things, so I do. The baker's rack holds my spring flower dinner ware and green wine glasses.
I have had my large Boos cutting board for years and I love it but I always had it put away in a cupboard. I realized that I didn't reach for it as often as I should because it was too difficult to get to so I brought it out. Then, I found the small board on sale at Williams Sonoma and daughter #1 bought me the medium board on her last trip to the Pottery Barn Outlet in Atlanta...a little birdie had told her that I coveted the one daughter #3 bought there on their last trip. I wish I had a higher space to sit these up on the counter but no matter how hard I try, that will just not work so they are here for now but I am thinking of hanging the two smaller boards on the wall near my pizza board...just need to see what my "decorator thinks of that!
More spring to come. Stay tuned.
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