The weather has been gorgeous for the last 4-5 days! Oh it makes me super excited for summer!! On Mother's Day, my sweet hubby and girls treated me to a trip to the garden center {Kreamers-for you local ladies. They are soooo helpful and knowledgable and the girls love it there because of the fish.} And after a day of being spoiled, Matt spent all afternoon roto-tilling the garden for me….such a gem!

At our old house, I had an entire raised bed full of strawberries. We will miss those this year! But, my mom gave me a box of strawberry starts and I got those planted a few weeks ago.

The terraced and fence garden {that was already built when we bought the property} is A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. And, it has automatic sparklers! For 11 summers of my married life, I have hand watered my gardens. This little gardener was doing the happy dance the first morning the sprinklers turned on-by themselves-while I was still sleeping!

I planted most of our favorite summer fruits and vegetables. Below I will link to some of my favorite 'garden fresh' recipes.

Last summer, Matt welded together these great tomato cages. He used rebar so they are super sturdy, and I love the way they look.

And, as soon as you walk out of the garden, you see this. I am trying to tackle the blackberries. I never understood how crazy blackberries were until I have now clipped and sprayed them, only to see them still grow back in a matter of weeks! Next summer we are getting some goats for sure!