With the unusually large amount of rain we received this spring, my garden plans have been put on hold time and time again. But last week the rains ceased and I put that baby in the ground in record time!

I can't look another seed in the face.

I have walked out there several times to just gaze on it and wonder when the fruits of my labor will begin to "sprout."

The peas, carrots, and onions were planted before the rains started.

I had to put up a small fence for my peas to climb on. This is my first year for peas and I'm hopeful we will get a bountiful harvest to give away. Give away? Yes, there are only two in the family that will eat them. But hey, I love giving produce away! 

Looky looky here! We have beans!

Beans are the encouragers of the vegetable garden.

They sprout first and are easy to grow.

Oh, remember that first famous garden...there was a snake there.

Here's one of ours. It's a Green Racer and unlike that other snake, this one is welcome as he's part of the pest control crew around these parts.

We also have wonderful wild veggies growing in the pasture.

This is wild onion. We harvested some of these last spring and ate them with chicken, it was divine.

Prairie Camas is also edible. The native American Indians harvested these in great numbers and ate the bulb of the plant raw and cooked. It's also known as Wild Hyacinth.

Looks as if we're going to be well stocked with vegetables for the summer. I'm just trying not to think about all that weeding in my future.

Have a wonderfully blessed weekend, Julie 

News Flash!!! Just an hour after posting this entry I was going outside to shut the water off  on the side of the house but couldn't see the hydrant because it was dark. I thought, "Oh Julie don't be a weenie," and nearly just walked in the dark up to the hydrant but thought better of it and went inside for a flashlight. When I came back out with the flashlight and shined it on the hydrant I noticed a copperhead snake coiled by the wall under the hydrant! I quickly went back in the house, told Tim it was there and he went to the garden for the hoes. He came back and we made mince meat out of the buggar.

 I'm still shaking and praising God!