Sunflowers!

August blooms

The eucalyptus is growing past the second floor window!

My honeysuckle finally bloomed this year! The Flowers smell so pretty!

Thistle

blooming thistle

thistles

squashes aren't very big yet.

more squashes - I hope they get bigger soon.



The eucalyptus is starting to provide some shade inside too.

Summer update

The Lavender is in full bloom now.

I planed some squash and zucchini in the garden today and cleared out some of the old plants from spring. I also dug up the strawberries since the take a lot of space and aren't producing any berries these days. I also thew in some arugula, kale, and spinach seeds. I don't have room for everything but you never know what will do well. The peas have pods now but they aren't fat yet. Maybe a few more days.

first raspberry!

My first raspberry is ripe!

more berries to be ripe soon!

The raspberries are huge this year.

Lots of greens growing in the garden!

Iris in the rain

Lavendar is starting to show some purple

Peas are growing taller

Lavendar close up

Garden salad!

Arugula, spinach, chard, green lettuce, red lettuce, cilantro, and garlic greens.

pink tulips

now I have pink tulips too

and the strawberries have berries

My peas are starting to come up in the back and a few sunflowers have popped up

tulips

I trimmed back the salal and honneysuckle.

ducks

The ducks visited again. I think they were confused be the weird weather this week.

Tulip time

Rhubarb - I think we will have Rhubarb pie this year.

Onion

Tulip with Kale and lettuce behind

More Tulips

Lilac! Finally!

More Tulips.

yard work

tulips are close to blooming

Made a new box around the raspberries and filled in with bark.

New bark in the flower beds

garden boxes are all planted! I threw in some sunflowers yesterday and during the week added some radishes and peas. I have new little metal tags that say what everything is so the people walking down the street can see what I'm growing.

And I finally got the circle closed around the tree. Originally we couldn't close it because the stake holding up the tree was in the way. That was only 5 yrs ago and the tree doesn't need help any more!

garden boxes

The lavendar is growing and needed trimming already!


Yellow crocus, purple crocus, and hyacinth all at once. It smells so good!

I turned over the soil in the garden boxes. Still have winter arugula.

I'm getting ready to plant some more lettuce.