Sunday, June 28, 2009

How does my garden grow?



Thought you might enjoy seeing some pictures of our gardening efforts.
The first picture is the bed Jim made me a couple of years ago. The plant in the far middle is a Monkey Puzzle Tree, on the left is a butterfly bush, and the rest are dahlias coming up.
The second picture shows the new bed in the front yard that Jim just made for me. It has eight dahlia tubers and one tea plant in the far back.
The third picture shows our four vegetable beds in the back yard. The two large pots in front of them are columnar apples. The bed (or wagon!) on the left has four tomato plants and two hills of green beans. The one on the right has six Brussels sprout plants, two rows of bok choy, and two rows of arugula (a green salad plant). I thinned the arugula and bok choy yesterday and we will be able to eat the tender cast offs. The one in the back left has onions and two kinds of lettuce. The one in the back right has an artichoke plant (which you can just barely see it in this picture) and strawberry plants. The other pots next to the beds are blueberries, dahlias, Four O'clocks, and tomatos.
The pink ruffled flower above is my peony and the purple flower to the left is the clematis I thought had died. Not only has it come back this year but it's blooming!! So now I seem to have three living clematis! Clematis are pretty iffy to grow around here so that's why I'm so excited.

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