Kale & Artichokes

Dinosaur and Red Russian kale with artichokes and petunias

Dinosaur Kale in the Kitchen Garden

Today's Harvest!

An amazing harvest today of Schweizer Reisen snow peas, Cascadia snap peas, Dakota shelling peas, strawberries, raspberries, Red Torpedo onions, Dinosaur kale, Swiss chard, and the first of the artichokes!

Radish Blossoms and Dinosaur Kale

Adorable white blossoms from bolting radishes

Bolting radishes with Dinosaur kale

Early Summer Vegetables and Herbs

Globe Artichokes

Bright Lights Swiss chard

'Giant' tomatoes

Bolting lovage seedpods

Dinosaur kale

Spring Salad

Lettuces, Red Russian kale, spinach, chives, and green onions

Back Yard Kitchen Gardens in May

Dinosaur kale, Ruby Streaks mustard, lettuces, radishes, chives, herbs, mints, lavender, breadseed poppies, bachelor buttons, forget-me-nots, strawberries, Patriot blueberry, perennial sunflowers, and tiger lilies

 All of the above, plus:

Spinach, potatoes, cabbage, broccoli, Red Russian kale, Swiss chard, Red Torpedo onions, arugula, artichokes, snap peas, shelling peas, snow peas, rhubarb, more lettuce, zucchini, cucumbers, lily flowering tulips, Valor plum, Glacier cherry, Egyptian walking onions, more kale, and sweet peas

Tulips in the Sunshine!

Red Moneymaker, Yellow Seattle, Orange Ballerina, White Triumphator, Emperors, Princess Irene, and Negrita

Princess Irene tulips, White Emperors, and Purple Negrita

So many colors!

Princess Irene tulips with snow peas, spinach, and sorrel

Artichoke foliage with Princess Irene tulips, pansies, arugula, and Emperor tulips

The full view!

Lily Flowering Tulips!

'Seattle' and 'Moneymaker' tulips

Tulips with chives and lavender

Lily flowering tulips with dinosaur kale

Red Russian Kale in the Onion Beds

Lots of Red Russian kale seedlings from the seeds I save from last year's kale plants;
with overwintered Egyptian Walking onions

February Flowers and Foliage

Purple crocuses along the back yard perennial path

First yellow crocuses in the front center garden bed

A single white hellebore, waiting for company

A lovely cluster of rose-colored hellebores along the pond rockery

Hellebores, moss, daffodils, and primroses

 

 

 

Overwintered dinosaur kale, starting to perk up again

A bed of overwintered chervil, waiting for a trellis full of snow peas and a backdrop of orange Ballerina tulips

Snap Peas, Carrots, & Kale

Dinosaur kale, snap peas, and the first of the rainbow carrots!