Around The House And In The Barn

The first Daylily to bloom was the Chicago Arnie's Choice variety, planted last year, and they are spectacular:

 The five baby roses in the front of the house are still tiny but blooming so exuberantly that I began deadheading them, cutting off the spent flowers so the plant can use its resources to produce more leaves and roots. After the first such operation, the adjoining lawn looked as if there had been a rose multiple murder:

 The multicolored Yarrow has continued to make new flowers faster than I can cut them and put them in vases to bring to church each week:

 And we have a new crop of baby fantail pigeons. The little guy on the left seems to have the same sort of extra personality as the two who preceded him:

The bantam hens are producing fewer eggs, but I still get enough to give a dozen to a friend each week:

 One of the new baby Daylilies, called Always Afternoon, is blooming already in spite of being only about 8" tall and planted only this spring:

 The Rugosa roses are lovely and aromatic, just outside my door and clearly benefiting from the severe pruning I gave them this year:

 And what can I say about the Sunflowers? They are growing so fast that it amazes me - and, as you can see, they're already blooming:

The little plum tree is growing plums - not many, but that's good because it isn't built to bear much weight on its limbs:

 The apple trees have baby apples:

 The pear tree has a few pears, but not too many. Most of last year's abundant pears went to waste: