Dad was right..

 When I was a kid, dad would drop my brother, sister, and I off at a cornfield and send us in to go pull velvet leaf weeds.  He would always say one weed creates thousands of seeds.  Well, I guess he is right.  I have tried to pick dandelions from my orchard for the last two weekends.  I use the flowers to make wine.  I've been picking this dandelion patch for 15 years and I guess he was right.  There is hardly a dandelion to be found.  It took 15 years, but I made a dent.  Not exactly what I wanted, now I need find somewhere else to get dandelions.  So Dad, yes, it is possible to eradicate a weed.  Maybe not in the timeframe you were hoping.  

Picking dandelions wasn't all I did this weekend.  We went to the garden center and I got some plants.  I also pulled weeds in the flower beds.  All of my plants got a good dose of fertilizer.  

The bears are out fishing.  I also have my little bears in front flying the flags.  I didn't get a picture of them.  I will next week.

All of the house plants were sent to the porch.  The cabin seems bigger with them outside.  

I planted flowers for tea in the water tank.  I filled the wire bin with alfalfa and potato starts.  The vegetable bed behind everything is filled with corn, beans, peas, cucumbers, and tons of volunteer broccoli from last year. 

About a month ago we found this beautiful planter on sale at Tractor Supply.  This weekend I filled it with rosemary, oregano, parsley, sage, basil, licorice basil, and chives.  It will be nice to have these herbs close to the kitchen.

We fell in love with this rose at the garden center.  Outta the Blue is the name.  It is a zone 5 so we will try overwintering it in the garage. The scent is heavenly. We put it on the deck so we could smell it when we were out enjoying the beautiful weather.

This Westcountry Terracotta Lupin was a showstopper at the garden center.  At $44 a plant it will continue to enhance the garden center and not my garden. I love it but I have never had luck transplanting larger perennials, so even though it was breathtaking it wasn't worth the risk.   

I did so much over the three-day weekend I can hardly move.  It was great to garden.  My husband planted his pumpkins.  He is shooting for 100lbs this year.  

I am thankful for our veterans.  I learned a long time ago that freedom is thanks to the sacrifice of our military. Did you have a family member who was in the military?