Friday Smiles 429: back to the herb garden

 

On Monday I showed my "meadow," aka my very overgrown back yard.

 Everywhere I turned, the yard was overgrown.

But that was Monday and today is Friday, so I'm joining Friday Smiles which is hosted by Annie (at A Stitch in Time).   Let's visit her and the other wonderful ladies who also share their smiles each Friday.

I received a call on Tuesday that the lawnmower part was now in.  Needless to say, I did a happy dance.

I spent much of Wednesday working on my yard.  I took these photos early Thursday morning.

Obviously the back took the longest.

I made three passes and I still missed some of the weeds. Even though I used a mulching mower, the grass was just too thick and high for the mulcher to work properly.  I felt really bad because as I was mowing, five baby rabbits scattered in all directions.  Apparently they had found a safe haven in my high grass.

Grass wasn't the only thing that was cut.  Thursday morning while it was still relatively cool, I cut my basil.  I have several recipes I plan to try and I gave some to a friend who came to visit.

I didn't forget the "boys," either.  I cut this lemon catnip for them.

My cantaloupe is sporting many little yellow flowers.

 

I wonder what will happen once they actually start putting on fruit.

My squash sits to the left of pineapple mint (in front), catnip, and orange mint.  These two mints are next on the list to be cut back.

Fennel, grown from last year's seeds, sits in the pot with the bird.  I believe bee balm is directly behind it, and I am not sure what is in the gray bucket turned planter.

 

I'm getting more squash blossoms on the plant.

On Monday, I was so proud of my one tomato that survived.  It was looking good, too.

Then something or maybe some bunny got to it.  Whatever happened, it was cut off at the stalk (that brown tube sticking up).

I realize it doesn't look like I removed much basil, but I weighed it inside and it was nearly 3/4 lb.  It was so much fun to share some, too.

I even found a day lily that I don't remember planting. It is next to the brown storage containers in the upper left in the photo.  I left it when I mowed.

 

The dill that broke that I stuffed in the pot to collect the seeds had a different idea.  A couple of the branches have worked their way skyward.  Isn't nature incredible?  I thought this post was long enough, I only have two cat funnies today.

 

Now let's join Annie (at A Stitch in Time) and the lovely ladies who join her for Friday Smiles.  Thanks again for visiting and spending a bit of time with Bleubeard and me this Friday.  We would love to have you join us, too.