Like this:

I’ve been busy planting every day this week and I’m STILL not done.

Check out this gorgeous rose I just bought:

Yes, red and pink stripes!

I haven’t had many roses over the years.  Other than a mini rose at my first house and a climbing rose on the fence at my second house, I’ve always shied away from them, fearing that they’d be too fussy and need a lot of work.  Last year, for some reason, I said “screw it” and started planting them.  I have three along one fence, one by another gate, two in another location, and now this one.  I suspect that more roses are in my future.  The rose bush by the front gate is also near the exhaust fan for our garage.  It started blooming profusely earlier this week and now our garage smells like roses too.  Here it is:

In food news, one of my new apple trees is covered in baby apples:

I also finally got all the tomato plants in:

I know, it’s just sea of tomato supports right now.  I’m using cages for the larger tomatoes and stakes for smaller ones.  I’m not a strict proponent of Square Foot Gardening, but I used some of their guidelines and decided that it would be okay to put the tomatoes only two feet apart.

[Totally random note, just outside our fence, we've planted a row of Leyland Cypresses.  I'm really looking forward to the time when the house next door isn't so visible.]

The potatoes are doing well.

Yukon Gold:

Russian Banana Fingerling:

Finally, check out what my in-laws gave me for my birthday:

Isn’t that the coolest face?!  Pete’s stepmother has several in her garden and I’ve always loved them.  I haven’t decided where this one is going, so for now that rather heavy hunk of granite is near the patio.

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