Very nice garden Lance! :-) Never done artichokes before so I'm really looking forward to learning this process and seeing how yours grow.

Mrsledn- Varmits! Arrrrrrrg! :-) Looking foward to seeing your pictures.
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Okay, so it's a HOT one out there already. But I took some pictures.

Temp on the deck at 9:30am. And yes, it's friggin hot out there...
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Nothing too outstanding like some of your gardens. But for our little family of three, this should be good. It was a challenage for me having a garden this small since Sledn and I had some huge gardens in the past.
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One of our strawberries that are changing color already.
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A couple tomatoes. Still babies.
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Green Beans are growing really well. Just wish there were more of them.
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Post number 2... LOL

The Peanut plants that some varmit chewed up. Although there was a sign of hope this morning. Some flowers are blossoming on one of them.
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New flower garden Sledn and I put in this year.
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Another new, little, area we put in this year. Hummingbirds and butterflies like it.
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View of the deck all decked out... It's time to cut the grass too!
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The famous gazebo that was crushed in the winter from the heavy snow. Wes was able to fix it. Great thing! So many memories of all the BOTL and SOTL throughout the years having a great time under there.
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Great pictures Cathy. Thanks for sharing. :-)
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Man, I love this thread! Awesome job out there, folks. Gardening is time consuming, but the benefits are so much greater.

Bandwidth be damned, here goes some shots from this morning. I'm off today and was doing some yard work and kept thinking, this would make a pretty pic, so inside to grab the camera.

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Thanks Harold.

Jamie, Awesome shots!
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Looking at that picture.... I can smell the Magnolia flower all the way up here! Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. :-)
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Growing like crazy with all the rain!
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Very nice!

I hear it's supposed to be "knee high by the 4th of July." The corn across the street from us is already waist high! Must be a good year.
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wow guys that is some nice plants. the only thing im growning is 1 roma and 1 mint plant. next up is maybe 1 bell pepper and a cucumber. only my girl and i so we dont need much and the mint is for mojitos duh:-) i keep them in pots so i can put them out and bring them in
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Shoot some photos when you get the chance. It's only two of us in my family but I'm just an extremist. :-)
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Yup- much higher than that. But, was planted earlier than many other fields I've seen. Next pic I'll hafta have Mrs hotreds stand in the field for some perspective.
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Gotta start 'em young...
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3 years old.
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Lance, those pics are too CUTE! My 6 year old loves "his" garden so much!
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Getting some nice blooms on our daylilies. Doesn't quite qualify as "gardening," since I haven't done anything to these plants since putting the bulbs in the ground a few years ago. But that's my kind of gardening!

A Chicago Apache:
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And two unknown varieties (I think the first might be a Holy Moses.)
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Nice, Gerard. And, yes, you're right. Putting bulbs in the ground a few years ago is not gardening. This is your one pass. Now go get them hands dirty.
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Nice flowers Gerard :-)
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Did a little weeding in the garden yesterday evening after work. Looks like I may be picking a boat load of jalepenos and hot banana peppers by the weekend. A few more asparagus spears have come up while some have wilted and died before even turning into ferns. Also noticed three beef steak tomatoes that may turn red by the weekend.

Anyone got any updates?
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