Did you purchase any hanging baskets this year? How are they doing? Have the flowers cascaded over the bottom of the container yet? I’ve still got about 6 inches to go until mine pot is hidden.
I haven’t had any complaints about growing lettuce in the front yard yet. 🙂
Or the 6 plantings of oregano on the side yard. 
Are you harvesting peas yet? I’ve still got a few more days to go!! I thought I planted sugar snap POLE peas… but apparently I planted the shorter bush variety. I couldn’t for the life of me figure out why my pea plants didn’t reach 5 feet tall this year until I found the empty packet in my desk drawer.
25+ heads of cabbage growing like mad.
Holy crackers…. it’s going to make a boatload of sauerkraut. 
If there’s one thing I like doing… it’s making things from scratch. This {future} kitchen garden for instance. Right now it’s tiny, and I’m pretty much flying by the seat of my pants in regards to where to plant things.
At the beginning of the year I thought I’d only be planting a few container gardens along the porch. But then we got a fence built right smack in the middle of planting season, and so I’ve had to make some pretty quick decisions about where to plant everything.
One of the ideas I’ve been going back and forth with is installing a few 30 foot rows of raspberries and blueberries behind the garden boxes. Right now I have squash planted in little mounds of dirt behind the boxes. But I think maybe this fall {once the squash has all been harvested} I’ll level the area off and get it ready to plant berries early next spring. It’s the perfect spot really, and blueberries LOVE acidic soil so I think I might do it.
Gardening. It’s a process really. Plans change daily. And you know what? I wouldn’t have it any other way.
~Mavis
P.S. How are things coming along in YOUR garden so far?
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Diana says
As of yesterday have picked about 2 1/2 pints of raspberries from 2 small bushes, blackberries are just starting to come in. Have been picking beans and peas. I see zucchini, yellow squash and cucumbers on the vines. My rice (6 containers this year) is about a foot tall. Tomatoes, depending on which spot I planted them are either doing fantastic or so-so. I see flowers, so I’m hoping for some fruit soon. Lost 2 cherry trees this year (I have a dozen espaliered fruit trees – peaches, plums, apples, pears and cherries) and I think I’m going to replace them with grape vines. The dogs keep overrunning the blueberries so I think I’m going to transplant them – either that or put some sort of barrier around them. I planted over 100 sunflower starts yesterday and today between thunderstorms and still have about 60 to go. My citrus trees all have fruit on them – including the one I got from Pam’s using the gift certificate I won from you. I’ll send a pic once the grapefruits have gotten a little bigger. 🙂
All in all, a good year so far.
Katherine says
I’ll miss the fresh spinach and arugula we have enjoyed since early March but I pulled up all but a few arugula plants today as they are dying back or going to seed from the heat. My farmers market blend of lettuce might go another week or so then it will be replaced with successive seeding of carrots and baby limas. The green beans, cukes, squash, zucchini and tomatoes all have small fruits and lots of blooms. I’m waiting on the cantaloupes and watermelons to bloom and set fruit. With the amount of rain we’ve gotten in the last week the garden will be looking like a jungle soon!
Cheryl @ Living Design says
It’s finally warm enough (and dry enough) to do some gardening. It rained almost nonstop through May, and we broke temperature records for being one of the coldest Mays in 50 years or so. But I was finally able to plant the starts we had: San Marzano tomatoes, eggplants and bell peppers. The cherry tomatoes will go in containers, so I need to pick up more potting soil. I also have some sugar snap peas that are finally sprouting, and some lettuce, spinach and green onions. The strawberries and raspberries are putting out leaves, but aren’t yet growing fruit. And according to my seed packets I should be planting corn, beans, pumpkins and cantelope next weekend!
Mrs. Chow says
Goodness, I am behind on so much. Got potatoes, sweet potatoes, and horseradish in the ground yesterday. 99 strawberry plants died, one survived. W heave planted over 90 other fruit and nut plants and trees. I still have to get asparagus, squashes, cukes, lettuces, etc., in the ground. I, too, planted the wrong peas!
Heather says
Your cabbage, will it eventually curl up into heads? I’ve never planted it before but always see firm compacted heads in the stores.
Katie C says
We planted blueberries and strawberries last fall and I’m so glad we did. They had all of fall and winter to settle in and they’re laden with fruit!
Our local nursery has a plant sale in the fall, so everything was 40% off. You might consider checking your nursery this fall. You’d probably get more fruit 🙂
I love your garden pics! I’m so happy for you that you have space to plant now. You do such a great job and obviously enjoy it. You have a good HH. The beds look nice! And happy belated birthday to him!
Susan Huseby says
Hi Mavis, I’m checking in with you from the beautiful Community Gardens on Anderson Island, WA. I had an unusual turn over of gardens this year and the new gardeners came in with great enthusiasm! We’re picking strawberries, peas and some greens. The raspberry crop looks to be a boom year in the making. The bees are wild everywhere at the farm. The plant sale at our annual Farm Day made over $1200.00 for the Historical Society! Our green houses were growing green this year. Love what you are doing in all your spaces around your house. I think Washington misses you.
Susan Huseby
Garden Coordinator, historical Johnson farm
Ann says
Love what you’ve done with the place, Mavis, and I find the graceful curves of your rock borders particularly charming! Happy belated birthday to HH. Eagerly awaiting the tutorial on his garden boxes, especially the staggered corners secured by dowels.
We’ve finally begun to dry out in Dallas and are working hard to catch up with planting before serious heat commences. Wish we could send lots of water to California.