My First Garden Tour of the Year | May 2024 

I think I would be serving some rabbit stew soon! I have one 'prolific' rabbit in the weed hedge row and my cat was keeping the babies at bay but we finally have new neighbors and they are cleaning up the area and fencing it in for a dog. So happy that they are being good neighbors and keeping their dog contained. I've spent quite a bit on injuries to my cat due to previous owners and thanks to them we have this 12 foot weed hedge now that really needs to be cleaned out. So much to do. Your garden looks amazing. It is so neat, colorfully striped, and the energy it must give you (even when it takes some, also) is wonderful for a gardener. ADORE that play kitchen. What a blessing you are to those grandkids. Some of my fondest memories were my grandmother's back yard, garden, enormous fig tree, cement pond full of guppies, salamanders around the edge, tadpoles just waiting for a jar to grow in, frogs for music, and flowers around the edge. She taught us how to humanely catch butterflies and enjoy them then release and, how to 'pin' the occasional dead one for framing, gave us the chore of feeding the mayo jars FULL of baby guppies she just couldn't toss (the jars lined her bedroom walls), and finally, have us make cookies and pies with her leftover biscuit dough made on a plank of wood and cut with a butter knife. We sprinkled violet petals on top and she always said they were too pretty to eat and they magically disappeared at night replaced with a new batch of biscuit dough after breakfast. Fresh biscuits were a 2 times a day regular on her table. She also taught us the magic of firefly lights. We would each get a jar and catch them before bed then sleep with our "night lights" next to the bed. She showed us how to catchthen release the salamanders and what black widows looked like. We visited every summer for two weeks from Wisconsin and her South Carolina home was one of our favorite places to visit. You do remind me a lot of her gentle ways but always productive. Thanks for the garden tour and pleasant memories!

Thanks for the garden tour! You have so many varieties planted, I love it! Can't wait to see it a month from now. ♥🍆🍅

Your garden looks so well maintained despite the rain. Here in Canada, we were already being told in April that we are in a drought. But God has blessed us with rain and my perrienials are growing almost an inch a day. We have cold and short growing seasons to contend with but amazing black soil and long days in the summer. My veg garden will go in after the last frost day which is in late May. I have literally hundreds of plants growing under lights in my basement plant room. Can't wait to get them in the ground. I look forward to seeing how your garden grows and good luck with that rascally rabbit. Blessings

Hello from my homestead in northwest Florida, nice to meet you Penny, I'm Maggie. Happy Gardening!

What a beautiful garden! I really enjoyed walking through it with you :)

Love your layouts! So awesome. A wee jealous😉as I can’t plant a garden as landlord forbids. I do have containers tho. Thanks for sharing. You’re an inspiration.🙏🏻💕