Planting Flowers and Garden

Today was the first day of summer vacation for the kids and they couldn't have asked for a better one.  It almost felt like a mid-summer day with clear skies and warm breezes.  Hard to believe you needed a winter coat just two days ago.

John was up and out of the house bright and early to lend a hand to Matt and Sam installing a large window and sliding door.  With his part of the job finished, he was back home by early afternoon.  While John was gone, I laundered up the last of the winter jackets and got them stowed away.  There are always a few odds and ends sitting around, so I got busy and cleared up the little piles and also put most of the screens in as the temps are forecast to reach into the 80's tomorrow.  This afternoon we worked out in the yard getting the flowering plants in the ground and some planting done in the garden.  The outside is shaping up rather nicely.

New plant on the deck

 

John filling the birdbath after planting flowers.

Notice trees in background just beginning to show green.

 

Grape vines and strawberry plants in garden

 

Raspberry patch just east of garden

 

Raspberry bush coming back to life

 

Pine trees in yard just loaded with pine cones

and they are all falling on the ground to be cleaned up.

I told John I'm going to photograph the garden at least once a week so we can see how much the plants and grape vines are growing.  It's amazing how bushy and full the grape vines will get over the growing season.