As May Comes to a Close

Chives, Forsythia, garden, garlic, Lilacs, Peach Tree, Reflections, Strawberries, The Farm

Hello and welcome.

As May comes to a close,

the garden is planted,

the garlic is doing well,

as is the strawberry patch. There are a lot of blossoms, some beginning to turn into berries. We should have strawberries in a week or two. YUM!

The salvia is blossoming,

as is the thyme,

and the chives. Did you know chive blossoms are edible? Learn more here.

The peach trees have many small peaches. too many for this young tree to support. I read that the fruit should be thinned, leaving only one peach every 6 to 8 inches. This will be done soon.

I spent some time over the last two days pruning some of our forsythia and lilac bushes. When we planted the peach trees we put them on the berm where the lilacs and forsythia are. We wanted them on higher ground since the last few years had been extremely wet and we didn’t want them to drown.

I pruned down the lilacs and forsythia that are near the peach trees so the trees will have enough air flow and sunlight.

With hot weather in the forecast early this week we will need to get the pump in the pond so that we are ready to water to gardens if we don’t get enough rain. My husband claims it is my turn to put the pump in the pond so I’ll be sure to take some pictures so I can show you how we use pond water to irrigate our crops.

Thanks for visiting and Happy June. 😀

17 thoughts on “As May Comes to a Close”

  1. You are industrious Ruth. I didn’t know about eating chives blossoms. They look pretty – I would leave them intact. I heard we are having rain Wednesday through Friday and a couple of inches of rain Thursday into Friday, so you might be able to put off that watering chore. I liked the weather today and am sorry we are treading into the 80s for a few days.

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    1. Since my chive patch has gotten so big I find it necessary to cut the blossoms before the drop their seeds. They are very prolific and would take over the whole prayer garden if I let them. I let the pollinators enjoy them (the attract a lot) then as they are dying off, I cut them.
      We could use some rain – not 1-2 inches though.

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      1. The chives plants are so pretty. I didn’t know they were so prolific. Anything to help the butterflies, I am for! Yes, as to rain, sometimes there can be too much of a good thing though, but at least your garlic is tall enough to hold its own – I remember once you planted garlic, then we had a big rain and they almost were washed away.

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  3. Everything looks so green and cool, and it looks like your crops make me want to work in my our yard. I can this week as I have being teaching for the last 5 weeks and school ended on Thursday. I will try to go back to enjoying my retirement. (Julius keeps saying, “You are retired!”, when I leave to go to school.)

    I can’t wait to see the pictures of you in the pond. I hope the water is not too cold. 😉

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    1. Your husband should know by now that you are one of those people who can’t say “no”. I assume they needed a sub for the last 5 weeks.
      We haven’t really had high enough temps to warm the water yet but near 80 on Monday and Tuesday should help.

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