Friday, July 6, 2012

Early Summer Flowers


Shasta Daisies
California Poppies
Yellow Lilies with Euphorbia
Feverfew
Snapdragons and Poppies
Sweet William
Poppies and Bellflowers
Rozanne Hardy Geraniums
Sweet Peas

Lupines with Daylilies
Love in a Mist with Blueberries and Grapes
Acidanthera, aka Peacock Orchids
Calendula with Crocosmia Lucifer

Bolting Kale Flowers

Thursday, July 5, 2012

Summer Lunch!


Strawberries, snow peas, and the first of the red potatoes

Dinosaur Kale & Egyptian Walking Onions


Dinosaur Kale and Lettuces with Egyptian Walking Onion
Egyptian Walking Onions

Cabbage Patch!


Savoy cabbage

Savoy cabbage patch plus nasturtiums

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

June Bouquets



Red valerian and yellow kale flowers

Foxglove, lupines, kale flowers, and mint

Beautiful Vegetables!


Onion thinnings

Broccoli, snow peas, and borage flowers

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Back Yard Gardens in June

Vegetable and herb gardens
Foxglove and rhododendrons

Columnar apple trees with blueberries and alpine strawberries
Espalier apple tree

Monday, June 11, 2012

Late Spring Flowers


Yellow daylilies

Allegro Oriental poppies
Love in a Mist
Love in a Mist with blueberries and grapes

Red valerian
Hostas with flowering ornamental strawberries


Sunday, June 10, 2012

Snow Peas!


Schweizer Riesen heirloom snow pea blossoms are always so beautiful!
To the top of the trellis!
Snow peas on the sturdy squash trellis!  I just planted two Delicata squash in front of these still-growing peas.  If all goes well, we'll get to enjoy some of the snow pea pods before the squash vines need the trellis for themselves.
 You can find these wonderful heirloom snow peas at Uprising Seeds.

Saturday, June 9, 2012

Princess Victoria Louise Oriental Poppy





Happy Bees


The bees were buzzing all around the Allegro Oriental poppies today.

The Rozanne hardy geraniums are just starting to blossom, and the bees love them!
So many blossoms to choose from!

Friday, June 8, 2012

Plums and Pears and Peaches, Oh My!


Italian plums!  It's the first year this young tree has produced fruit, and they're looking wonderful!  There were many more plums than this all clustered together, but I made myself thin them.  Such a difficult thing to do!
A broader view of this Italian plum tree, with lupines and calendula
Our Hollywood plum tree is loaded with fruit this year.  It's been a while since producing so well.   I pruned it hard earlier this spring, and even thinned a good portion of the plums for air and light circulation. 
We're looking forward to indulging in these delicious summer fruits!
Pears, lupines, and calendula!
I like the color contrast of these dark red Rescue pears.
Frost peach!
This is the largest peach so far, but there are several more on the outer branches.
A full view of the Frost peach tree, with lupines, foxglove, forget-me-nots, and calendula.  If you look closely, you can see more of the peaches, especially on the right.  If you click on the photo, you'll get a larger view.

Foxglove!


Foxglove in the foreground with Frost peach in the background on the left
Foxglove with forget-me-nots and lupines alongside the Frost peach
Foxglove on the left with Italian plum tree on the right
Foxglove in the front yard
Foxglove along the back fence

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Spring Salad!


Three kinds of lettuce plus edible flowers--borage, calendula, and chives!