Apple blossoms promising a bumper crop this year. We're hoping to make apple cider, apple cider vinegar, and applesauce this year.
Good old reliable garlic. 102 cloves planted this year plus a few extra in the front herb beds.
Nothing makes me happier than to see buds on our peonies, or
the neon pink tulips around our cherry tree.
100 dandelion flowers were collected to make a festive spring drink.
Dandelion lemon soda (Dandelion flowers, light brown sugar, water, lemon) in the works. Recipe from Backyard Medicine, a new favorite herbal.
The tomato seedlings are getting bigger and needed to be re-potted recently. This year we are growing Orange Banana, Mortgage Lifter, German Pink, Indian, Sungold, Amish Paste and Cosmonaut Volkov.
The view of our field garden from above. Look behind the pond on the right to spot it.
Other mid-May delights not photographed:
Eating asparagus, just picked, from our neighbor's garden
The promise of free raspberry bushes from a friend
The first morel spotted
Sweet Pea flowers emerging from the soil
Weekend lunches eaten outdoors
The backyard garden planted with red and golden beets, alpine strawberries, parsley, cress, lettuce
Making a summer salve
Rhubarb, lemon, vanilla handpies from A Year of Pies
Melissa Clark's roasted asparagus with rhubarb puree from Cook This Now
What are your favorite mid-May delights?
Life looks pretty delicious over there, Shari. The view of your field garden is so sweet. I was delighted to see Zephyr squash at the market today and look forward to my first taste, but it would be so much better if I were growing my own.
ReplyDeleteMy peonies finally have leaves and buds this year. I am too excited!
ReplyDeleteWe also have a lot of garlic planted this year! Can't wait. I'm envious of your apple tree!
ReplyDeleteYou are in such a beautiful place! I would want to head down to that field garden constantly. A lot of excellent things going on your way. Really beautiful photos too. I'm looking forward to checking out Backyard Medicine.
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