Planted more blue sage

I threw a pack of Meadow sage (Salvia nemorous) seeds in the front yard where last year the pineapple sage grew.

Looks like there's another sumac tree growing on our west side, near the palm tree.

My pride and joy still are the mesquite and palo verde in the front yard. Both are growing into prime specimens.

Red sage continues to grow as well. The flowersa re attracting a few hummingbirds. Cutter bees swarm into these shrubs in the morning.

We had a mild overnight free Tuesday night over Wednesday morning which killed some of the tomato plants. The big boy hybrid lost all its leaves but the stem is still alive. The only tomato that wasn't affected is the determinate Roma tomato. Some of the green beans froze, too.

The big hit lately are potatoes. With some care we may get a nice crop later this year as long as the plants remain in the shade of the palownia. The oldest box of potato plants is just too crowded, but it's too late to weed out the weaker plants. I also planted four strawberries in two old ammo boxes. Three of them looked frost-bitten but there is still life in the stems.

My pepper plants from last year are now growing new fruit! They are growing them faster than this year's new crop of sweet peppers.