Pollen-dusted from earlier harvesting, a bee works one of the Purple Coneflowers in our flower patch.
Pollen-dusted.
Tag: gardening
A feast for the eyes and stomach.
One can grow a lot in a 20’ x 20’ space. Around the perimeter, clockwise from upper left.
Tomatoes – 3 varieties, and tomatillos, with basil underneath
Zucchini
Thyme
Some flowers (forget the variety)
Cucumbers (1 so far, 4 on the way)
Sunflowers
More sunflowers
Another tomato
Small evergreen tree
Another zuke
Squash
Nasturtiums and marigolds
Sage
Inside the perimeter, again clockwise from upper left
Haskap
Sunflowers and oregano
Tomatoes and hot peppers
Some dill
Still more tomatoes
The bare patch: just dug up the 48 garlic plants
Asparagus allowed to grow (we harvested about 10 lbs this spring)
Rhubarb
Favourite.
The Forget-me-not is one of my favourite flowers. Our yard has several clumps which reseed every year and have for years.
Bright and cheerful.
Seeing this nasturtium flower made for a bright and cheerful start to my day.
First cutting.
First cutting of asparagus, which actually occurred over a week ago. Second cutting happened today.
Yum.
Have picked about 4 cups of Chocolate Cherry Tomatoes in the last few days. That’s on top of the 8? cups picked before this week. More are on the way, in varying stages of maturing and ripeness.
So good simply popped in my mouth – not all make it inside – in salads, baked in a little olive oil with garlic, rosemary, and pepper.
Yum.
Bounty.
We grow a few of many things in our small garden.
Todays’ harvest: jalapenos, ‘ugly’ tomatoes (which are volunteers from last years’ effort), Chocolate Cherry tomatoes, tomatillos (also volunteers), beans, a cayenne pepper, ground cherries. Also growing: rosemary, spearmint and peppermint, basil and Thai basil, sage.
Cheerful.
A sunflower is such a cheerful thing. This one is in the front yard.
How it is.
July 2022. The haskap has grown considerably and shares space with asparagus, strawberries, and sunflowers. Partly or completely obscured by the haskap and asparagus are Chocolate Cherry tomatoes, garlic, beans, tomatillos, broccoli, Chicago figs in pots.
Up against the foundation are ferns, more sunflowers, columbines, Purple Coneflowers, and more stuff I do not remember right now.
Some might call this untidy. Weedy. Even messy.
I say, less lawn to mow. More diverse. More welcoming to birds as well as pollinators and insects.
Place holder.
Lucy dozed off on the couch once the game ended. We had been going through seed catalogs; she held our place when we got up to tend to things.
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