It;'s Raining Cats and Dogs......

   You never know what might pop up!  We received over 4 1/2 inches of rain in the last 48 hours, and it is still raining.  Water was running over our road as we returned home last night.  Neighbors in the Pierre area are experiencing more flooding.  The sandbags are holding the rainwater, rather than letting it run off as it normally would.  However, the rain is a blessing for our crops.  It is not REALLY raining cats and dogs, not even toads.  Just growing a few toad stools.  The good news - I don't have to water the garden.  :D

Peony Pandemonium and a New Baby

    The peonies are in full bloom.  They do not last long, usually less than a month, but they are fantastic while they are in bloom.
   Many years ago, Joy Phillips gave me six Peonies that she and Cliff dug out of their yard.  These, and more in other parts of our yard, came from those plants.  I think of Joy each year when they bloom, and the beauty and joy she is still bringing into my life.

Blooms are 5 to 7 inches across.

   They make a very nice, dark green, low growing hedge the rest of the year.






   Thank you to Becky for pulling all the weeds on the rock path.  Also, thank you Ryan, for the new stone path and all the help with the building project.  Come back soon.  :D  
   As you can see in the background, there are still a few flowers and plants left to go into the ground.

    This little guy, still on the nest, and a sibling, hatched out in the back yard.  He is almost ready to fly, and mother makes a terrific racket when we go near.

Finally.....

Wow!  It has been almost a month!  I did not realize it had been so long.  Let's get caught up.  A picture is worth a thousand words, so...........The front yard on May 15th....

and May 29th.......       

The tulips were really amazing this year.                                                               

 Now the tulips are finished and the Iris are starting to bloom. - The Peonies are full of buds......          Just for fun, we have some topsy turvy tomatoes  hanging on the right.....

   The new garden is planted...

We planted potatoes and onions, red, yellow, and white, on April 15th.   Then set out cabbage plants about a week after that, then replanted several cabbage plants in the middle of May.  Little by little we added, carrots, zucchini,  cornflowers, black beans, cauliflower, cucumbers, nasturtium, acorn squash, buttercup squash, tomatoes, garlic, hot peppers, sweet peppers, broccoli, wax beans, green beans, green onions, carnations..... and of course, our little friend showed up to help.

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c(”)(”)    Help himself, that is.  He is so tame.  The second time I planted broccoli, he did not even wait for me to get out of the garden.  He paid no attention to my loud scolding, and barely moved when I threw my garden digger at him.  

   We are planting the old garden spot to sweet corn - lots of sweet corn - and melons - and extra broccoli.

So it is almost 4:00 and starting to cool off, so time to do more planting.  Until next time........