It may not be an ideal summer but it's not winter!

 Marigold from seed... I love planting them, they're so kind, they come up easily, they repel pesty bugs and they're pretty!

 Rhody rescued from the front yard... the previous owner didn't get it about rhododendrons, they're acid soil forest plants, they don't want to be clumped in potting soil in the hottest part of the yard!  This poor shrub was smashed down to about 2 inches by the epic snowfall last winter, but rebounded to give me flowers, soooo cool.

 The old cherry tree is bursting with flowers!  I can't wait to make cherry pie again, love this tree.

 Volunteer violets in the driveway.  So brave, battling off the dandelions and pushing up through the rocks.

Strawberries!

 

 Just a little proof that even if it's not bright and sunny here, we are having spring and summer!  Plants are happy, these photos are a week old and the growth is probably doubled on some of these, tripled on the potatoes in the buckets.  

Potatoes in buckets... the buckets have no bottoms and are in an old metal tub the guy used on the boat to store halibut gear.  I put the buckets in the tubs, the dirt in the buckets, the seed potatoes in the dirt and wait... when the leaves and stems get about 6 inches above the dirt, I add more dirt.  When the dirt gets really high, I put on another bottomless bucket.  After they flower, I lift the bucket pile off and out tumble potatoes!  The dirt falls into the tub and it becomes another garden bed next year... crop rotation means no tomatoes or potatoes can be planted in that bed so it's likely to be peas or kale or broccoli next year.

No photos yet... I have new neighbors that have an older lab mix named Melly.  Melly doesn't get enough attention at home.  Melly comes over and gives me wonderful dog love!  We hang out in the garden a little, she cruises the yard then goes back to her porch to keep watch. 

Re-used window porch done... except he thinks there should be a door.

 I built the wall from windows after much thought and over planning. I know deconstruction/construction isn't rocket surgery, but I'm not a builder so it all seems like near disaster to me.  Took down the fugly peeling paint rail and scraped the flaking paint into a shop vac so I wouldn't be spreading it all over the neighborhood.  Got two 4x4's from the dead fence that was behind the woodshed, bolted them in place of the short legs that were supporting the porch and screwed the windows to that.  I got the windows via a terrific small town web of communication...nurse at the clinic doing a remodel, windows being thrown out friend doesn't need them but thinks I might.

 The guy (in a pair of summer carhartts, Arvay) putting up rafters to hold up the clear plastic roof.  He asked the hardware guy about his greenhouse roof and last winters' snow. Hardware guy says his roof is on 2 foot centers and barely sagged... so mine's on about 8 inch centers, surely won't sag!

Valiant mower, too short ladder, awesome builder friend and sunflower in a pot...  and sunshine that's lasted 4 days now!  I am starting to believe it's summer.

 Tool shed cars...

Awesomely tall tulip that was watching the proceedings from a safe distance.