A Beautiful Day in the Yard

It was sunny and in the mid-60's here in Houston today. Absolutely beautiful. We had already planned to do yard work, and it ended up being great weather to be outside. This morning, when Jason was coaching his soccer kiddos, I went by Buchanan's to pick up a few replacement herbs (our basil didn't last the freeze and our cilantro had bolted) and a few new veggies/ berries to replace our broccoli and cauliflower that we recently harvested. I also got an annual to put out front.

Pretty flowers I picked for the front porch.

All settled into their new pot.

Flowers in their new home on the front porch. I sure do hope they survive. My porch flowers always seem to have the least chance of survival because I forget to water them.

Yard all cleaned up. I also added mulch to my flower pots on the left of the house.

Here are the new herbs/ veggies/ berries. Clockwise from left - basil, cilantro, buttercrunch lettuce, black seeded simpson lettuce, red sails lettuce, and two sequoia strawberries.

Our little lettuces planted.

The lettuces look so tiny among the other plants! I can't believe our swiss chard is still thriving. We've had the swiss chard grilled, sauteed, & in quiche. I guess I'll need to find some more recipes.

The classic Radar in the backyard photo.

I also bought a blackberry plant, but we haven't decided where it is going quite yet. I can't wait for strawberries and blackberries. I really do hope they do well this spring.