My small garden is coming together nicely, I finally have everything planted last weekend, and finally have time to sit and relax.

My garden

My garden

I try to keep my garden simple this year, I’m thinking about doing a year round garden, growing vegetables in the fall and winter as well, but I still have to do some reading on this.  The closest raised bed is the flower garden, I planted strawberry, African marigold, celosia, and Jr. sunflower.

My garden

In my herb garden I have mint, chives, sweet basil, parsley, thyme, rosemary, lemon grass, and kefir lime that is in a pot sitting next to the herb garden.

My herb garden

My dad gave me the kefir lime plant along with the banana tree, I’m hoping to be able to prepare a spicy Thai curry soup and pick the herbs from my own garden this summer.

Kefir lime

Next to the herb garden is my Asian garden, I wanted to grow lettuce, but it’s too late to grow it now, I might have to wait till late summer, or when it gets cooler again in the fall.  In this raised bed I have chili peppers, Thai eggplants, cherry tomatoes, and underneath the A Frame are snow peas.

My garden

The Peach tree that my friend gave us is doing real good, not bad for its first year.

Peach tree

The milk paint treatment on the A-Frame is not doing too bad, but I expect the water and rain to wash out some.  I think this type of paint might be better used indoor than outdoor.  I planted pickling cucumbers this year, they’re still very small and I can’t wait to see the cucumber vines climbing up the A Frame.

A Frame

There are many fish in my fish pond.  I have several large Koi fish and many baby fish, but they’re too young to tell if they are Koi or Comet babies.

Fish pond

When we visited the Plant Delights Nursery in Raleigh NC, we also purchased Paeonia ‘Krinkled White’, it’s in bloom today, and has a real nice aroma.

Paeonia 'Krinkled White'

Next I have to update my sisters on my dad’s garden, he is doing something different this year.