Go figure, I've lagged on my journal. We've had rain throughout the month of may, and some cold nights. Rather than overplant then get zapped, we took our jolly time this year. Right now we just have spinach, chard, beets, and those fun crops we'd normally have in a month ago. We're cool with that. In the bottom of this canyon it seems like you can grow cold crops all summer long.
In the native arena, Bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata) is blooming across the hillsides as well as Fendlerbush (Fendlera ricupola), Serviceberry (Amalanchier alnifolia), Chokecherry (Prunus viriginana) and Squawapple (Gonna need to check the latin on that one, the spelling is atrocious). The evening primrose (Oenetherea capisota) are in full bloom, making the garden smell like a brothel each morning (in a good way). I believe the flower pictures is an Arnica, but I didn't have my ID key with me when I took the snap.
The shape of the garden is really coming together with plants maturing. I cut down an Austrian Pine that was touching the house, the poor tree was lovely but just in the wrong damn spot. I believe that the previous owner of the house wanted a more instantly gratifying landscape job, so now 20 years later, I've got a buncha trees packed to close together.
