May Day

The worlds favorite season is the spring
All things seem possible in May
--Edwin Way Teale

Alot got done in the Garden this month. I prepared my three raised beds. Soil Free Mix, homemade compost and as much worm dirt mulch I could carry away from the Township mulch pile near my work. These beds became the home to radishes, lettuce and the basement hot peppers from previous posts. I also mulched the strawberry patch and its single strawberry flower. I put in two rows of bush beans and picked a nice size bag of spinach to keep it producing.

Then I got busy on the patio. I put together a window box of herbs for nancy.
All the herbs that didn't fit went on the back steps.
Took a minute to praise the blooms on the azaleas in the background and curse at the primrose and the lack there of in the foreground.
Cleaned and cut three old refuse bins for my patio Tomatoes, more soil free mix and compost.
Paused again to admire my lonely, containered blueberry. I have been mulching with pine needles to raised the acidity. Man I really hope we have some good fruits this summer.

Finally I went out front and took a picture of the birdnest being built on my patio and the awful lawn I grow every year. I imagine most people would have a problem with that nest and the dandelions. However, I contribute every pansy bloom in my front yard to guano that falls around the nest and gets swept into the garden bed out front. Also, Every person that doesn't have a single dandelion on my block uses chemicals. My shabby dandelion yard (grass always cut two inches longer that everyone elses) is my protest against putting things on your yard that need a warning.