The rains just paused for a few minutes, so I ran up to the garden to breathe in the fresh air, get away from deadlines and take a few photos.. Here they are!
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| Who invited aphids (and the accompanying ants) to my spinach!! The seeds will be ready to harvest soon! |
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| Blueberries! The low bush are just starting, but the high bush have another week or two before the big berries are ripe. |
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| This is the Beet and Chard Braising Mix from Renee's Garden. I've been using the baby leaves in salads non-stop and love tossing a few handfuls in stif-fries at the last minute. So good!! I've planted it under a pole bean teepee.. |
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| My first Bojangles marigold has finally bloomed. I grew these from seed and think they're so cute.. Not as striped as I would have liked.. but fun! |
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| So.many.garlic.scapes. This garlic plant produced 2 scapes.. first time I've seen that!! |
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| Part of my garden edging - Drunken Woman lettuce, Red Lollo lettuce and a butter head whose name has escaped me.. |
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| Drunken Woman lettuce in the rain.. I got the seeds from Hope Seed last autumn. |
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| Poppies.. this ones looks a bit down about all the rain! |
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| My peanuts are growing! I planted them 3 weeks ago and have about 20 plants - already 6 inches tall!! |
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| Another poppy.. electric red/pink colour!! |
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| Another lettuce border.. that deep red Lollo Rossa lettuce is hard to see.. but it is one of my very favourites and not often bothered by the slugs.. maybe because of the super frilled foliage? |
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| Speaking of slugs.. and snails.. what does this little guy think he's doing to my chard!! |
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| Little bugger!! |
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| Cosmos 'Pink Popsocks' from McFayden. The flowers are small, only about 2 inches across and the plants are slow growing.. but very pretty blooms. |
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| My pea/marigold/nasturtium/eggplant/pepper garden on my back porch.. it's very hot and usually sunny! |
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| Two mini bell peppers of an unnamed variety that I'm testing for a seed company. They've begun to flower. |
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| I love my herbs - this is lemon thyme, rosemary and lemon verbena on my back deck.. great for marinades!! |
