Fruits of my labor

I have a zillion plants that offer me tranquility, but only a few that actually produce edible pleasure. I have mint in the front yard for spur of the moment mojitos. A peach tree in the backyard that we wrestle the birds for a bite. A grape vine we gave over to the birds. A thornless blackberry bush you would think to be a weed, it's so small, but in its first year it produced three blackberries! I got one and the birds got two.

New additions to this garden family are a strawberry and tomato plant. The tomato plant is very dramatic though. I hope this relationship lasts long enough to bear fruit. One day without water and it's wilting and crying like I neglected it for over a week. There is only room for one drama queen in this family. :)

I planted some seeds right in the ground for cucumbers, peppers, lettuce and carrots. Not sure if anything will transpire but I still scour the ground for a sign.

My little pellet garden isn't doing so well. I planted a bunch of flowers in those peat pellet garden sets. Thing is, you shouldn't leave them inside too long because they become too thin and leggy reaching for the real sun. I've since moved it outside but I fear I have lost several that were doing well. The new little sprouts are coming up strong though. I think from now on I'll just plant right in the ground and hold my breath.

My new little seeds I planted before I went on my trip to Florida are coming up nicely. I can't remember exactly where I put them all, but I have six so far that took flight. I was so impressed that I've got six more to plant around the front and back yard.

I picked up another soaker hose for the backyard to hit the newer additions. They hook right up to each other which is nice. In the process of hitting the bottom layer of yard with mulch and need to finish up the border around it. Then add another layer of mulch to the top section of the yard to cover the soaker house and freshen it up a bit.

Almost there...