Today we are resting and enjoying the rain on the garden.  I feel blessed to have spent the last two weekends selling our bouquets, glads, and fresh garden produce at the SKY Farmers Market located at the Medical Center Parking Lot off 5th and High Street in Bowling Green.  It was a joy to  visit with friends, both old and new. Here is a sampling of what we have.

The glads are coming into their own now.  I planted 1000 bulbs this year in staggered plantings, so the first plantings are blooming beautifully, and I'm hoping for more blooms this weekend! I couldn't resist bringing in a few for the house.

Hansel and Gretel out taking a morning walk.

So much has happened in the last year. I  saw my son married, became a grandmother to a beautiful granddaughter, and on a sadder note, I lost Jake, our beloved dachsund, who passed away this month and is buried beneath the walnut tree where he sat many a day watching me garden.

This spring we have broken ground on a bigger garden space and planted over 80 tomato plants, a large variety of peppers, okra, squash, zucchini, eggplant, watermelon and muskmelon. And of course I had to plant flowers.

So far we have over 500 gladiolus in the ground, and rows of zinnia, cosmos, peonies, dahlias, and globe amaranth planted. I'm looking forward to a busy season and sharing our fresh cut bouquets and surplus vegetables at the local farmer's market and our roadside stand.