day off

took today off... things have been busy and i wanted a day of calm before heading off tomorrow for another weekend away. summertimeeee!

tidied up a bit in the wilds. here are some shots from today.

back stoop



roma tomatoes


banana pepper


zebra tomatoes


pretty royal burgundy beans


close up


orange cosmo

more late june

black eyed susan vine


cherry tomatoes


petunia


backyard birthday

mmm

late june

birthday present to self


swiss chard


baby pepper


beans


peas


zucchini
all of these plants and those in another hill were completey eaten (by skunks i think) - boo! they were doing so well.


butternut squash

early june

to go in the garden


oregano


contraptions


pea trellis (bamboo rods and string)

pests

cutworms! i think!

evidence

country mouse

look! my cherry tomato is going to flower!

what i'm growin for double O 7

this year's menu...

**vegetables**
beans: royal burgundy, butterbean edamame
peas: regular(?) and snow (oregon sugar pod II)
lettuce: mild salad mix (red and green, arugula, red russian kale, mizuna, beet)
carrots: nantes coreless
zucchini: costata romanesca
tomatoes: peacevine cherry, green zebra, romana, sub-arctic
peppers: purple beauty, sweet banana, bell red
spinach: bloomsdale long standing (last year's seeds - kind of spotty)
onions: dutch sets
cucumber: sweet slice... might buy some plants too
squash: waltham butternut
eggplant: black beauty, little fingers
chard: ruby red

**herbs**
sweet basil
dill
lavender
cilantro
nasturtium

came back from 2006:
rosemary
oregano
mint, chocolate and spearmint
lemon balm
chives
parsley
note: fever few didn't make it

**flowers**
mixed annuals and perennials with special attention to..
marigold: cracker jack, dwarf
cosmo: early sensation (pink/white), polidor (red/oranges)
pansy: swiss giants mixed
sunflower: ornamental mixed
periwinkle: variegated, purple
poppy: ornamental 'brilliant' (red)
dahlia: stargazer mix
morning glory: mixed colours

came back:
daffodils
tulips
hyacinths
hollyhocks
white mystery weed that i like
mountain bluet

**other**
raspberries
strawberries
rhubarb
lamb's ear

note: radishes were stolen! skunks i think.

les fleurs

gee may zipped by. with work, night classes, band practices and summertime socializing (oh, and rainy days), feel like i haven't had enough time in the dirt. however, a few gardening-intensive sundays throughout the month were enough for some cool stuff to happen...

first, gaze upon zee beautiful flowers...

violas


mountain bluet (centaurea)


mountain bluet close up


periwinkle


gee, i like purple huh.

mystery bush o thorns and pink flowers (with friend)


the raspberries are in bloom too. brings in lots of bee buzz. pollination oh yeahh.

baby vegetables

i planted a few things that are happy in the coolness of early spring: lettuce (mixed seeds), onions, radish, spinach, peas, carrots. the onions are bulbs from the hardware store back home, recommended by dad... tried seeds last year but didn't get much. these guys are almost ready to eat!

onions


lettuce, radishes, spinach also up.

lettuce


radishes


still wondering what to do for a pea trellis. unlike the lame spikes and strings i used last spring, i want this year's to be beautiful and fantastic.

look ma, i weeded the patio.


the pear blossoms are starting to fall from the tree.