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Here’s this year’s first round of crocuses.

On a side note, I started playing Pikmin Bloom. If I can’t plant flowers in real life, I’ll do it in a game instead.

The morning glories were a bit late to bloom this year, but I’m glad they are flowering well.

Never thought I’d see the day I say “too many tomatoes”

I found a cicada shell on the fence around my potted garden!

This isn’t a potted garden anymore, it’s a jungle.

I’m always thankful for having access to fresh Japanese vegetables and herbs. My parents were not so lucky when they immigrated here back in the 80’s, they had to be pretty creative to have a taste of home.

The shasta daisies are doing nicely as usual, I love low maintenance plants!

The current list of garden endeavors this year: eggplant, cucumber, shishito peppers, zucchini, green onion, and cherry tomatoes.

They did it. The flowers are smaller than usual, but considering the first buds were chewed to the ground they did a great job.

The crocuses are trying their best to make a comeback.

They literally took a bite off the flower buds so I just have the bottom half left, where I can see what color it was supposed to be.

the schlumbergera seems to be a bit confused about what month it is, but I can’t really blame them at this point

There’s been an increasing mildew problem over the years with the changes in summer rain patterns. But the cucumbers tough it out and manage to keep producing every time.

After that, give them a good rinse and add seasonings, or add them to soups! I like sautéing them with a salty sweet sauce or adding it to miso soup.