I was going to use the title ‘Garden of Eden’ but it made no sense, there are still plenty of weeds! 
Do you think they had weeds in the Garden of Eden? When I was a child I wondered who Eden was and how she managed to be such a great gardener. Obviously she was not Eve. Eve was not much off a gardener evidently. Just a chip off the old rib. Which of those disciple blokes came up with the rib thing! My mother could have told me, she knew the Bible inside out. 
I just crop my images hard, so it looks better. We all do that don’t we in our minds eyes. Thank goodness. If we saw everything as a whole all the time we would never be able to rest! It’s a seventh day thing. I was brought up in a staunchly religious family – I can say those kinds of things. 
This is where we all get to sing “One of these things is not like the other, One of these things just doesn’t belong… ”
But this is a beauty. 
Every year Our John and his mother (The Matriarch) have a race to see who can grow the first tomato for the Fourth of July. It will be close.
I hope you have a wonderful day.
Your friend on the farm
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
70 responses to “Garden of Cecilia”
My your garden has come on leaps and bounds, wasn’t that long ago it still looked like mid winter! Isn’t nature amazing, raining here again non stop uggggg x
How can you have a tomato that large already? Wow!
It is not too big, about an inch and a half across.. c
That’s incredible to have a tomato that size. I just planted mine in tubs two days ago and they are measly little plants with no hopes of tomatoes for a long, long time.
A weed is only a weed if you want it to be. I often see weeds along the roadside and decide to transfer to my garden. Drives my hub mad as he says we are trying to get rid of them not cultivate. Some weeds are so pretty that they deserve a better title than weed
a weed is only a plant in the wrong place. I tend to prefer wild and natural flowers to those carpets of bedding plants we see on every bit of spare soil in Town. Have a look at these: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=811691152176664&set=a.811689515510161.1073741844.168691273143325&type=1
love,
ViV
exactly, and these are in the wrong place, choking my beautiful native flowers.. c
A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill except for learning how to grow in rows. (Doug Larson)
I’m trying to learn more about weeds and their health benefits. They are natural after all.
I am not sure they are all natural, many of the most destructive weeds here are introduced, have you seen my timothy weed garden, choked to death.. however i do pull buckets of very edible weeds like lambs quarters for the pigs and the nicest go into my salad.. c
Weeds are nothing more than undesirable plants. They all serve a purpose and it’s up to humans to decide what, if any, purpose they serve. Timothy weed is a grass and was introduced to the U.S. in the 18th century. Farmers commonly used it to feed horses and cattle. It’s high in fiber and because of it’s rough texture, will grind down teeth. This is especially useful for those animals who have constant tooth growth, such as horses. While gardeners despise timothy grass, many animals love it and it’s a very natural way of feeding them. If you could figure out how to transplant it, you would have some very good feed for Queenie, Daisy and the crew 🙂
oops sorry deb, i said the wrong one, it is charlie weed, (I grow timothy in the fiields) can you look that up in your book too? might that be good for something, I have plenty! (wrong boy, so sorry).. but it is a fascinating study, I look forward to learning more.. c
It’s scientific name is Glechoma hederacea, better known as creeping charlie, ground ivy, tunhoof, catshoof and field balm. It is part of the mint family and was brought to the U.S. by European settlers due to it’s high Vitamin C content. It has been used as an herbal tea and as a salad addition due to it’s mild peppery flavor.
Glechoma has been used as an herbal remedy to treat inflammation of the eyes and tinnitus. Other uses have included use for the digestive system and a treatment for kidney disease. Traditionally it has been used as an expectorant and astringent in the treatment of bronchitis. The essential oil of Glechoma has been used for centuries to relieve congestion, so is helpful for coughs and colds. Glechoma was widely used for brewing beer and as a substitute for animal rennet in cheese making. Glechoma is toxic to horses and cattle.
I can reach out to my master herbalist to get more information if you would like.
Toxic to cattle. That is enough for me actually. When i weed I throw the greens over the fence but something always made me keep the charlie back.. interesting and just as well. Maybe we can make an oil from it. it is almost time to start making the oils.. And i have TONS of what did you call it? .. glechoma.. thank you Deb.. c
My sweet neighbors let me “weed” their yards. All they have is dandelions, one of the most nutritious greens and the roots make great tea. I can’t believe people kill them! (and then complain about the cost of fresh veggies…)
Also the tea is very good for arthritis, I am about to start making a batch. c
I love peonies but they don’t like it here I my little town. I don’t like weeds that are invasive especially Bermuda grass. Your weeds look wonderful.
I learned that tomatoes don’t start growing until the soil is warm. So getting an early start by putting them outside won’t help much. WDaye’re still getting cold nights in NJ, so I could probably enter a first tomato by Labor Day contest!
exactly, that is why we love the greenhouse for the nights then out they go into the sun during the day, hope your ground warms up soon.. c
I had no idea The Fellowship is so informed on weeds. I don’t know one from another. Needed: a crash course on weeds. Google to the rescue. Celi, i wish you had labeled your flowers, as i didnt recognize all of them. The iris yes. The lilac too. But that was all. The white star and the pink , no.
Right now I’m sweeping up samaras from the driveway. Our maple tree produces millions of these seeds.
Oh the white one is the clematis and the pink is a peonie about to bloom.. Is that the really BIG maple tree that owns your whole back yard.. do the seeds every strike? i would love a sapling from that tree..
Oh my word, we have a maple in the yard that has a 60″ trunk diameter. It drops literally buckets of ‘helicopters’, I know, I’m the one at the top of the extension ladder scooping them out of the eaves troughs! There are little maple trees coming up in the lawn every year and I’ve noticed hundreds coming up along the shoulder of the road. They sprout very easily, I’ve transplanted several volunteers in the yard.
I started tomatoes last fall. Even for our area that’s a risky venture, but with our warm winter it paid off. My tomatoes are now on their way out. They made the perfect shelter for grasshoppers, which I loath, so I will have to give tomato-growing a rethink. Are those white flowers Clematis? My opinion on the Eden weed situation is that there were no weeds, because God put everything there very deliberately.
What beautiful garden photos today C. I love that white clematis…how gorgeous would a snip of it look in a bouquet…Here in the Northwest we say we live in the land of green tomatoes as hardly any of them ripen up, except the cherry tomatoes. Our summers are a wee bit too cool most of the time for them but we all still keep trying to grow them… 🙂
What a great race! I would lose. I cannot grow tomatoes to save my life, though I can clone a carrot. Go figure.
It is amazing how nature has recovered from the etremes of a long winter.
I don’t consider grass a weed…it is grass, and does not belong in my flowerbed. If it has a flower, I don’t consider it a weed, and allow it to comingle with my other flowers unless it decides to take over. Then I give it a good talking to and yank it out.