at last, the strawberry patch bears fruit! i sliced them up and threw them on some lettuce/spinach with capers and feta – yum.

i’m still pretty new to this whole gardening thing, but it always amazes me how MUCH things can grow in such a short time. If I was like the fennel, I figure I’d be about 17 feet tall by now.

It wasn’t even supposed to be in the herb garden at all – it somehow magically transported itself from the garden at the back with all the work that went on. Anyways, here are the herbs when I planted them:

Here are the herbs about a month ago:

Here are the herbs yesterday.

And finally, here is the luscious peony that is perfuming my kitchen.