Life's a Garden

Went out and picked green beans this morning between rain showers.  It's the first picking of them.  There are tons of small beans.  I need to get ready to can some this year.  I haven't canned garden stuff for years. Mostly I freeze what I want/need, and give the excess away to family, friends and seniors in the local area.

Carrots are long and skinny--about the size of a pencil--maybe a bit fatter.  Actually, they could start to be harvested.  Cabbages are forming small airy heads.  Couple more weeks for them, I suppose.  I would love to make some homemade sauerkraut, but didn't plant enough.  Broccoli is ready.  We have had some, and given some away.  Asparagus is done.  First lettuce is done.  New rows have been sown with spinach and lettuce...that's iffy, as it is probably now too hot to do any fine growing, unless I fashion some sort of shading for them.  Lot of work--worth it?  Eh....give it a shot.

Tomatoes are looking very strong, with lots of green globes.  I'm planning to can some of them, also, this summer.

Lavender.  My skills are improving perhaps.  I want to be a masterful herb gardener, but, keep screwing around and missing the mark.  I better stick to containers for my herbs.  That, I can do fairly well.

My flower/herb garden is showing some little sprouts---so late, but they'll do ok.

I like playing in the dirt.  Guess it comes from childhood.  It was the only toy I had!  Well, kidding...

Gardening is a way of life.  I have learned so much about life, just by immersing myself into cycles and seasons.  Growing plants and growing people are similar.  Both need care, love, trust and a good weeding!