The first crop of lettuce is coming along well – as are the peas, chard and kale. The red potatoes are going gang busters and the yukon golds are finally – finally coming along.

We’ll harvest a head or two this week or next.

The tomatoes are still in the greenhouse. We have repotted them a couple of times and they are in gallon pots. They are about a foot high and some have blossoms ready to open. We’ll probably wait another week (Memorial Day) to plant outside.

Chive blossoms

We also started our ‘warm’ vegetables on May 9th. The beans, squash and cucumber have sprouted. Corn – a new entry in our garden – has yet to sprout.

Elsewhere in the garden – I’m waiting for our peonies to open. The side bed and banana are looking great. A few special blooms – the Mecenopsis is in bloom as is the Ixia in the greenhouse. The front porch with the tropics looks great. The Chilean Fire Bush made it through the winter but only has one blossom. Let’s hope it gains some strenght.

Magnolia seiboldii

Ornithogalum nutans

The side bed is leafing out nicely with lots of different colors and textures.

Hosta “Patriot”

Hardy Banana

Embotrium coccineum

Tender tropics such as Protea Safari Sunset and Crinodendron hookerianum

Latest container garden

And two unusual blooms in the greenhouse

Ixia virdiflora from South Africa

Aristolochia semprevirens

Our Echium wildpretii is blooming but did not develop a spike like last year. We don’t think it was broken. We didn’t think it was going to bloom but it just started these short spikes.

But compare it with last year mid-May – It got above the roof!