nasturtiums and canterbury bells

nasturtiums did really wonderful this year in the garden. they help shade the roots of the peas, which lets them stay alive a little longer once the heat hits.


peas! i think this is a sugar snap pea, i didnt get a pic of the snow peas.


the canterbury bells. i really like these, i took way too many pics of these *grins*


they're just so luscious in bloom


these ones planted in the lamppost garden did not do as well


the nasturtiums there didnt do well either. this site just gets so hot and so dry.




the tortoise makes a mess, knocking dirt out of all the bins as she crawls around.

comfrey flowers and blueberries

comfrey flowers, the fuzzy bees like them.




the raised bed, and mollys butt


the asparagus ferns put out a few stray berries?


volunteer weed growing up thru three levels of cinder blocks of the raised bed (lambs quarter)


blueberries! duke on the left, chippewa center, finally leafing out


both chippewa blueberries, still barely green


polaris and north country blueberries


they just look so sad and bare

tortoise outing and flowers

sweetpea was let out for a romp on a warm day in early june




puppy investigating




sweetpea headed for under the steps


puppy bringing more of the outdoors inside. he went in the pool, then laid in the sand under the steps, then went inside. there is waaaay too much sand inside my house.




canterbury bells


i enjoyed these


they're just so bright and cheerful

things are growing!

the cantelope vines


watermelon vines, and weeds


green beans


tomatoes, brussels sprouts, and broccoli


zucchini and weeds


sunflowers


all thats left of the giant bin of shredded leaves i use for mulch


the weeds - oxalis i believe. its really easy to pull, and its kinda bushy and shades out other weeds that are more difficult to pull, so i encourage it to hang around until the plants get bigger. i really hate the crabgrass/quackgrass weeds.

grazing doggies

strawberry patch mid june


puppy was grazing on the berries outside the fennce


happy molly


puppy taught molly how to graze!


yummy berry


puppy was also helping himself to the strawberries INSIDE the fence, poking his head thru the narrow openings in the fencing


molly didnt figure that part out yet


the raspberries are coming!

garden pics

the raised bed garden, asparagus ferns in back, turnips and rutabaga in the middle, endive and basil in front, comfrey on the left.


tomatoes, brussels sprouts, and broccoli (and oxalis weeds down in front)


mostly oxalis weeds, but cantelope are going in on the left, and watermelon are going in on the right, with peas in the back left.


sunflowers are coming!


beans!


zucchini


a teeny tiny bug i'm trying to identify. its been so hard to photograph because its so little, but i finally got it somewhat in focus. i havent noticed it feeding on anything, i just keep seeing it around the ash tree.