Friday Smiles # 174: just a few smiles from the garden

I realize it's been awhile since I joined Annie at A Stitch in Time for Friday Smiles.  You can always find her smiling link on my right sidebar if you want to visit.  She's warm, welcoming, and always has a smile, even when life seems at its worst.

Today we are headed for the garden.

Actually, this photo is from two weeks ago, the last week in May,

while this one was taken Thursday morning after the downpour and high winds from Wednesday night/early Thursday morning.  Look closely at the pots in the two images, and you can see how much these herbs have grown in the past two weeks.

It's obvious my tomatoes have taken hold and are growing nicely.

Although the veggie garden sustained a bit of damage, everything is doing very, very well.

A few words of garden wisdom interspersed with the photos hopefully makes the photos more enjoyable.

Two weeks ago I first harvested my dill.  I was so happy this volunteer dill came up, because the seeds I planted didn't turn into plants.

Look at both the basil and dill from yesterday.  I'm ready to harvest again!

Here is my pot of cilantro in late May,

compared to what it looked like as of yesterday.

May's lemon mint

and orange mint look good since they were mere cuttings I received on my birthday.

Yesterday they were very healthy

and quite happy.  I'll be able to harvest soon, too.

I simply adore this positive garden, even if I have no squash.

One veggie I do have is a bell pepper plant.  Here it's just taking hold in late May

and here it's looking very healthy in mid-June.

To save a bit of time, I'm only going to show the raspberry bushes from yesterday.  Most of the flowers that were so beautiful last month have now turned to genuine fruit in the making!

A plant that didn't exist last month is this one I'm propagating for my friend Scott.  I could have cut the plant from its parent, then added root hormone, but chose to take the easy way out and just plant the stringer that was headed for the ground, anyway.  Later this year, when I'm sure it has rooted, I will cut it away from the parent plant, and present it to him.

I will leave you with more pearls of wisdom from the garden, and ask you to join me at Annie's Friday Smiles, where starting the weekend with a smile makes it even more pleasant!  And thanks, too, for your continued support of my art, which today came from the garden.