from the garden to the table

purple sunrise astra

wild strawberry blossoms

it is a tremendously exhilarating experience to harvest

food from your very own garden.

lemon balm

it is what gives me hope in the winter months.

radishes

it is what i love to do in the spring, summer and fall.

raised bed of lettuces, herbs and flowers.

chives

onions and garlic

lavender astra

being able to walk out of your front door and bring

in all this goodness for your family for dinner is amazing.

perfect fixings for a dinner salad.

winter green lettuce

red oak~leaf lettuce

chives blooms

lemon balm

variegated lemon thyme

from the local farmer's market...asparagus

speckled leaf lettuce

happy springtime gardening.

green is the new black

forget your little black dress and stay home, get into green.
i have always loved green but for some reason this season
i am in love with green!

green flowers...green leaves....green backgrounds...green
carpets of grass...i even have a new green tea kettle.

when i read the gardening gone wild photo contest
was about green world. i had to jump right in.

i have a lot of green going on in the garden but by far
my favourite right now is the honeyhill joy helleborus.
they mix well with white(also another favourite colour.)

so this is my entry into the april ggw photo contest....but
there is much more green to see.



the hazy grey skies of early spring are giving way to sparkling
green leaves against a soft blue canvas. the ever so slight
green tinge on the newly blooming dogwoods make them
ease into this picturesque scene.


in spring....your senses become entangled with every leaf, bloom, scent, colour.


the leaves are just as pleasing to the eye as any buds or blooms.



i am so thankful to have a carpet of green with wild violets amongst the blades.


honestly i don't want to mow just yet...although my neighbours might be
wishing i would.



tender leafy lettuces...planted in large containers
just weeks ago are ruffly and tasty and are a perfectly pleasing green.
barbados...green summer crisp lettuce.

i love how the greening branches just look like they are stretching as

far as they can towards the sun.

creeping jenny is coming back nicely and the chartreuse colour is exciting.

of course all is greening up and the new growth flushing

out is what i live for in the spring.

i am sure by now you are saying what's the big deal...this

happens every spring. i know but i never tire of the excitement that

spring green brings.

with such a long dreary winter...i am especially grateful this year.

so every time the sun shines and lights up a new bloom

or the leaves my heart beats a little faster .

then when i see something new emerging through the mulch/dirt

i get a little skip in my step...for i am loving the green.

just a few more of the gorgeous hellebores...i will be planting more.

last but not least we had a baby stick bug born in our terrarium

it must have been in there from last years mating.

it is the tiniest thing and very bright green...

we released him into our garden...he seems to be glowing with happiness.

i hope ya'll are enjoying the green coming forth as much as i am.

happiest of spring days to all.

veggie garden update

butter crisp lettuce

zuccini flower

sunflowers

red leaf lettuce

purple basil