Great Day in the Garden!

It's been a beautiful day here at Chickadee Garden -- to have a Saturday in Spring that is warm, not raining, and not taken up by chauffeuring children around town, and with no other obligations, is rare indeed!

I've spent the bulk of the day working in the vegetable garden, weeding and hoeing up little areas to slip in some radish, pak choy, beet, sugar snap peas and lettuce seeds -- tucking them in edges around the peripheries of the beds so that the center areas can be planted with tomatoes, peppers, squash, etc. later in the season.

Got the herb garden all weeded and it appears to need some serious rehabilitation.  We're heading to Lowe's tonight for a number of things, so maybe I'll throw in some top soil.  I think my thyme has played out after 14 years of growth there, and the chives appear MIA also.  There's a bit of tarragon in the lopsided pot, and some Mexican Sage (ornamental) at the base of the center pole.  I need to reset the plates for the edging.

The blueberry bushes around the herb garden are in full bloom, as is my peach tree.  We are a good 5 weeks from our official last frost date.  If the lows so much as nudge 32 degrees when the peach is in full bloom, that will be it for any fruit this year (not that WE have ever picked a ripe peach, but the squirrels would be very sad I think).

The fig tree actually has baby figs on it.

Back over at the Salad Table, where the salad greens are growing v-e-r-y s-l-o-w-l-y, I had been pondering how to keep intrepid garden cat Ophelia from plopping herself in the middle of the plants, where she has taken to sleeping.  I had put on some spare chicken wire and a sideways tomato cage, but I found her in the cage snoozing the other day!  I found the solution here -- plastic forks.  The tines deter the cats!  My husband asked if the forks were for when the salad is ready to eat from the Salad Table.

You can see some painting progress on the side of the house here (my husband's outdoor activity for the day, and the redbud tree in full bloom outside the kitchen window.

This redbud is in the front yard.  The flowers emerge directly from the bark of the tree, all along the branches.

A very good day at home.

Linking to Show off Your Cottage Monday; Tuesday Garden Party; Farmgirl Friday