There is a surprise for me every day!

 David Austin's Golden Celebration in full bloom. I saw this big mass of yellow petals dangling from the side of the rose bush. I just wanted to take it home and put it in a pretty vase. Self -control!

What a delicious surprise! 

 Ok, I will eat it later. The blueberries are starting to ripen little by little. I only have three blueberrry bushes. I finally put them in the ground after much thought. They seemed so unhappy in the big nursery pot. Plus they like acidic soil and a good amount of space.

Something else that is blue in my garden...borage is pretty this time around because it is so short. Short is the word. The last borage plant was almost 4 feet tall and it was really just taking over. The flowers taste like cucumber and the girls love snacking on those while they are playing. A borage plant will reseed itself and when it get too big, you can yank it out. Tomato hornworms don't seem to like borage. It's a little prickly as well. I have gotten scratched a few times.

A rose in my independent project in bloom today

 

My garden plot on the left side. It is full of kale and red lettuce.

Blooming chives, leeks, cress, and thyme are doing great.

 I have a rosemary topiary at the corner.

The other side is waiting to be planted with tomatoes. I am trying to nurture a sad looking dill plant.

 Lastly, this is my school garden plot. My students love visiting the garden as much as they can. Today we saw our principal waving to us from her car in the morning. The garden was built next to my classroom of 8 years. Then my classroom was removed. The raised garden beds were donated to other schools while the school was redone with asphalt. Permanent concrete garden beds were built. It is pretty shallow though. We found tools inside the soil that the construction workers forgot like a saw blade. Yikes! I think I removed all the dangerous items.