Gardening has begun

I planted part of the garden Saturday. I've decided to plant herbs close to my backdoor this year, so they will be easy to get to and even though I can't smell, they will smell lovely for others, and I can imagine. This little beauty is lemon balm, which if I let it will over take everything. It belongs to the mint family and is suppose to be a calming herb and reduce stress! Quite handy to have within steps of my kitchen. I read up on it and found that if added to sugar cookie dough it will make a pretty tea cookie. I planted it along with dill, which I put in everything I eat. So I can add it in with some recipes I found.

My lilac is doing beautifully again as usual. This particular lilac always brings me great joy as it was a gift from Maude, my mother-in-law. Another great lover of gardening. I can just see her hands as she handled her flowers as if each one were a treasure. She loved her little yard.

This is another find from my in-laws. It is an old milk container. I love to plant little bits of different ground cover in it and see how all the different colored patches look when they grow together.

There's still lots to do. The vine is just starting on my trellis. There are still some plants to be put in the ground. I got this fun, twirly grassy thing that I haven't decided where to put and look, there's lettuce and spinach coming up in Jim's vegetable garden. Can't wait for it to get big enough for Jake to come over and actually eat some delicious home grown salad.