Peonies, bees, peas and spinach

It has been a very busy busy couple of weeks, mostly occupied with weeding and watering in the yard. 

The peonies have started to bloom, which is lovely. And the bees have been in them and the chives non-stop.

The peas have been jumping and this morning were as tall as the top of the trellis (which is 5 feet). They are starting to set pods, with the south facing peas being about two weeks ahead of the west facing ones.

The potatoes are flowering and have been hoed up as best I can. It has been very warm so I'm hopeful we'll have a good crop this year. The squash seeds have germinated, with the butter nut being way more successful than the zucchini.

The harvested the spinach out front and re-seeded some lettuce.

The spinach tasted great in smoothies. I have been fighting quite a battle with cut worms this spring on the west-most lettuce bed. I used to see a few a year and I was digging up three or more a day for awhile.

The irises are also blooming our front. It looks like the raspberries are beginning to take on the south fence. I've been watering them and hoping for the best.

If I get ambitious this weekend, I will try out the new food dehydrator and do some of the mint, oregano, and maybe wild onions that are coming up on the side. Next week is supposed to be a stretch of +30 or more weather.