The Currants are also starting to ripen. It won't be long until I will be sick of picking them. Andy loves currants as much as I did as a child - and I just love making Currant Jelly because it is not something that most people go out and buy.

The Black Raspberries are starting to ripen. I also grow Yellow and Red Raspberries, but they are fall bearing, so they ripen much later. I just love Black Raspberries!

The bushes in the front of the house are in full bloom. As much as I don't like these bushes, they are pretty when in bloom. It's not so much that I don't like them, it's that there are so many of them and they are planted in front of other things and obscure the view. The front definitely needs to be redone.

What crazy weather!

Memorial Day weekend it was hot enough to be the 4th of July. Two weeks later and we haven't seen 70 in several days. Either it is too hot to get out in the garden for an extended period of time or too cold - not much in between! Some things don't seem to mind the crazy weather and are thriving: Lettuce, cauliflower, beans, potatoes, onions, garlic, dill and radishes. Some things are still hanging on and I am giving them extra TLC, but they are either not germinating and coming up or if they are ones I transplanted, they are just hanging on and I am not sure if they will make it or not: carrots, parsnips, beets, pumpkin and zuchinni. Everything else is somewhere in the middle - not thriving, but doing OK. I have about 8 peaches growing on the peach tree - not bad for a first year with just a handful of blossoms. So far the little boys in the neighborhood haven't noticed them and Andy and I aren't pointing them out to them - we still have to get past the birds and bugs to see if any of them make it to ripen and eat. Next year should be a better year - what fun, peaches in MN! I did get out and weed a little bit yesterday in spite of the cold.

Here is my main garden. You can see the lettuce in the back and the beans in the front. Onions are along two of the sides and garlic along one. I also have carrots, parsnips, beets, basil, dill and more lettuce planted here that is either not up yet or so small you can't see it yet.

This is my area "behind the fence" in the back of my house off the alley and next to the garage. Those are potatoes you see coming up and I have pumpkins planted on top that can vine down over the potatoes.

Here are my currant bushes - they are planted along the side of the garage. You can't see it in this photo, but they are loaded with green berries that are just starting to turn red. It will be a good year for the currants.