Return to life

It's June and things are blooming all over Wisconsin again. We have more wild raspberries than ever, but the "tame" raspberries were attacked over the winter by bunnies. The little bastards also killed an apple tree and chewed the bark off of other trees. I thought the blackberry was dead too, but later some sickly leaves turned up.

Our young apple trees are covered with fruit, one to the point that it is in danger of breaking. I removed 100 tiny apples and it still leaning way over. I'm going to try to stake it, but it's very tall and thin so I may eventually have to cut the top off.

I transplanted the blueberry to the south of the house because it was turning yellow from the shade. I bought it a friend, but soon learned that you don't put plants right in front of the dryer vent. It seems completely dead, but I'm going to wait before I toss it to see if any of it survived.

We got four (five, actually) pink German tomato plants to put in the tomato planter. The little yellow cherry tomatoes last year were just too much to deal with. But now I've discovered that the cherry tomatoes reseeded. There are several clumps of tiny plants, maybe 60 or more in all. I've got to dig all the little brats out of there
and relocate them.

The tomato box also has lamb's quarters. I'd read about that and hoped that I could find some growing in my yard, and they finally showed up this year. Yes indeed, they do like disturbed soil. I'm letting them stay there for the time being. I've tried some in omelets and they taste great.

Another big reseeder was my peppermint patch in front of the house. I just ripped out about a gallon of babies and there are still plenty to go around. I have the plants I took out boiling on the stove right now.