Gardening in my Roots, early May

 My cucumbers have some enormous leaves!  Not started climbing up their fence yet, but it's waiting for them.

This odd pepper plant has the pepper sticking upright. I thought it was just an ordinary chile pepper!

Tomatoes (this is just one) are very leafy...but no fruity.  The roma tomatoes have some green fruit but not a single ripe one yet.

And last, a monarch enjoying the butterfly weed that I planted last year. It reseeded itself (the weed, not the butterfly!) and came back with more than before.  If only I can keep the weeds out of the wildflower bed, it'll be lovely.