In other gardening news...

This year, I'm not as on top of things as I was last year (ie. blogging every minutes growth of each plant). I have a lot on my plate with graduation coming and finishing the kitchen. I'm nervous my plants won't be "as good" because I haven't had the time to nurture them. Memorial day weekend, I really have to do some mega plant-kissing!

Here's their progress:
My little Hen is a mama! Look at her little chicks growing from underneath.


Mini Basil - grows into a 6x6 bush. It looks interesting enough, but doesn't smell like basil.


Cosmos - I started some cosmos in a container in case the ones directly sowed didn't pull through with all the rain/wind we've had. All the ones in the garden are coming up too.


White Wedding Zinnias - Started these for the heck of it.


Watermelon - I directly sowed some of these too but the birds ate them all! It's a good thing I started some in a container.


Sweet peas


GEEZ LOUISE! My mother gave me 1 dinky mint last year and I know how obtrusive mint gets, so I actually pulled a lot of it out and look, it still came back 100 times! I spread it around in other bald areas of the garden. I think this makes nice centerpieces.


Daylilies are budding.


Heirloom Irises - Only one came up this year! I think it's because I disturbed them this year when I transplanted some into other areas of the garden. After this month, I'll relocate some more. These are suffocating one another.


Lavender bush - I was ready to cut the thing down last year and look at it now! Last year I had no new growth. I thought it was dead. This year, I decided to give it another chance by giving it some TLC and I guess it worked.


Roses - From Home Depot are about 2 feet tall now! I can't remember if this is the yellow or pink one.


Mallow - 1.5' tall now. I plan on relocating this somewhere more special.


Broom - It bloomed a little. Hopefully next year, it will bloom all over. My neighbor's broom looks amazing!


The 2nd flower of my Kansas peony.


And in the veggie garden, we have lots of snowpeas of course! And sugar snap peas.


The tomato plants are finally starting to get rather big to my surprise. It's about 5-6" now.


I don't know what this is, but it might be from last year. It looks like it could be cantelope or sunflower.


Zucchini - It's getting big so I'll remove the fence soon. They can defend themselves from nibbling critters now.


Edamame - These are beautiful plants with lovely leaves. I directly sowed some more seeds in the "in between" areas and they came up nicely as well.


This weekend:
- Put all my seedlings into the ground.
- Lots of Weeding.
- Label markers.
- Put out yard sale.