Garden Update & A Mystery

 Baby Okra... right in the center

 Baby Tomato... the zuc I'm just holding

 the zucchini

carrots & some onions

 the potato patch way out of control with some mystery squash/pumpkin things growing in it

The only thing I thought was that since I heavily composted the potato patch, this is some veg that I had composted and the seeds resurrected in the patch.  At first they were all round and I was sure they were pumpkins, then I saw some that looked like these above.  Since I've never grown potatoes, I didn't pull up anything (weed) that I wasn't sure was a weed, so these leaves, then turned vines, stayed.  One good thought was that whatever it is, we will like it because it is something I've bought and eaten before to have ended up in our compost. :)

a few early harvests.  I pulled up the carrot because a bunny had chewed the green tops off and I wasn't sure if it would still grow and I was completely curious as to what those unseen lovelys looked like at this point in the journey.  The zuc, I'm finding, have to be harvested when the bloom falls off or it will rot...even if it is small. So, we snacked on a few tiny garden treats and admired the magic of growing.

May Things

 Ella & Truly playing games

 Ancient Blooming Tea

It was deliciously fruity & so much fun to watch 'bloom' with the kids.

It is know to be more hydrating than water due to its antioxidant level.

 a first harvest... cilantro for a hospitality enchilada meal

 Potato patch slowing getting out of control

 herbs

 this is becoming a favorite space

a children made bouquet

Rocky the Rooster (TurkeyBoy)

He was an Easter prop no one wanted, so we adopted him.

 The girls were not sure what to think at first except they did NOT like him.

He had to live inside his cage (inside the run) for weeks before they would let him become a member of their flock. He is allowed to eat, and roost, but the girls are sure to remind him he is the low man on the totem pole.

 He gets lots of extra love from the children since he came to us used to being held.

 These were taken a month ago, but now he has curly feathers all over his feet and it gradually leaving his awkwardness behind.

Ali, always with a green treat for the hens.  They follow her around the run.