Growing & Flowering Yard

As promised I held myself back from putting on TONS of pictures of my garden(s)... like I did last year! That is, I've held back until now, for a very important reason...

MY LILY'S BLOOMED!!!

These are Star-Gazer Lily's, which are my favorite!

Their color is vibrant, & their scent is infectious!!!

 I planted these babies last fall, so you can see why I was so anxious, and excited when they finally bloomed this week!

 My Sunflowers are getting really tall, and I have a few that have bloomed as well. I can't wait for the really tall ones to bloom, that will be awesome!

My vegetable garden is doing really good this year as well!  As you can see below, I have a ton of Tomatoes, and they are just turning red... and orange (depending on what kind they are).  My favorite little tomato has changed.  I used to love Sweet 100s, because my Grandma helped me love them.... but now my new favorite is SUN SUGARS!!!  They are orange when they are rip and they are much sweeter than the average tomato.  If you look close they are on the right side of this picture.

I've cut off my lettuce twice now.  Of coarse I planted too much, but I did that on purpose so I could share :)

I picked my first Roma tomato today.  Pretty soon I'll hopefully be making my own Salsa!

I love to watch the garden(s) grow.  I love seeing the fruit of my labors.  But best of all, I love the FRESH taste of veggies right out of the garden.... and seeing beautiful flowers right out my front window!