It really has been a long time!

We were thinking, as we've worked on putting in our tremendous veggie garden this spring that it's probably been at least five years since we've put in a "real" vegetable garden. Sure enough, this popped up in Shuttlerfly's "remember when" today:

Look how little they are!

Digging potato trenches

Keep the boys swinging and we can keep working!

A walk around the yard

Here's what's currently blooming in the yard. The girls were excited to help me find the best examples, particularly with the lilacs!

The double lilacs in the front yard

A solid column of cherry blossoms. Yummy!

Lilacs in the side yard - not quite fully blooming yet. They're late this year.

The early peonies, still a little beat up from the rain over the weekend.

Apply blossoms - love the "snow" on the ground. Also love the two red spots - a chair and Ebenezer!

Strawberries - every year we get blossoms but no berries.

Matt rigged something for the wisteria to climb on. Still only a few years of growth on it, and nothing even close to blossoms.

Evania's crab apple tree - such a deep rich color.

Creeping phlox in the cottonwood garden.

Plain old violets.

Myrtle along the limestone path. The sun is also too bright - washes them out!

Big, bold color. Until I pulled it. ;) But still. It's what's blooming now!

Bleeding hearts

And Ebenezer!

Alium and boys

Last spring these giant allium from my grandpa came up early with the warm weather and then froze. I thought they were done for. It was so exciting to see them coming up again this spring! I'm really looking forward to seeing these bloom again, especially after thinking they were lost.

The fountain continues to be a favorite for Reuben, and Ebenezer regularly joins him. They both come in soaking wet!!

Seed Potatoes

There's so much to learn in a garden. Bobbi learned the other day how potatoes grow as she helped Dad cut the potato sets.

No, Bobbi, it's not a Flurkin (see the Captain Marvel movie), and it's not for picking your nose, either. Though that particular one looks like it was custom sized just for that, doesn't it?