Thursday, December 27, 2012

Winter Garden Colors


Strawberry leaves, chervil, radicchio, and poppies
The foliage of Sunshine blueberries is beautiful in winter.
Just a few Calendula flowers still blooming
Red twig dogwood branches in winter
Camellia flower buds waiting patiently for their time to bloom
A pretty purple-red Marner Lagerrot cabbage plumping up

Sunday, December 2, 2012

December in the Garden


A few more berries on the evergreen huckleberry bushes
Snap pea shoots and blossoms still growing

The beautiful changing colors of a Sunshine Blueberry bush
Marner Lagerrot Red Cabbage
A bed of self-seeded chervil
The sage is still lovely.
A long bed of autumn spinach and freshly-planted yellow, orange, and white Fosteriana tulip bulbs. The pavers are for decoration and to keep the squirrels from digging up the bulbs. I'll move them before the tulips shoot up in spring.

Cylindra beets

Heather and Sunshine Blueberries

The strawberries are showing new growth, already getting ready for spring.

The last of the hollyhocks

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Autumn Cauliflower


This is the third head of cauliflower from our fall crop.  It's delicious, and there are still several more to be harvested!

Saturday, November 3, 2012

Sunday, October 28, 2012

Beautiful Evergreen Blueberry Bushes


The Sunshine Blueberry bushes are showing lots of new growth this month. 

The raindrops on the branches are quite pretty.
The evergreen blueberries are enjoying the autumn rains.

This large Sunshine Blueberry is at the forefront of the center garden bed.

Huckleberries & Raspberries


We've got lots of tiny evergreen huckleberries, and the leaves are just starting to turn pretty colors.
So many delicious golden raspberries throughout the summer and fall.

Fall Flowers


Cosmos



Nasturtiums

Crocosmia 'Lucifer'
Sedum 'Autumn Joy'
Heather
Borage
Calendula
Monch Asters
Lady in Black Asters
Sweet William
Strawberry tree blossoms


Fall Foliage


Japanese maple leaves on the back yard maple tree

Japanese maple tree in the front yard
The deciduous blueberry bush leaves are turning bright autumn colors.


October Onions


A flowering leek in the onion patch
Clusters of perennial walking onions
A bed of green onions

Beautiful Brassicas


Romanesco Broccoli
Cauliflower
Marner Lagerrot Red Cabbage
Alcosa Savoy Cabbage
Umpqua Broccoli
Dinosaur Kale


Autumn Vegetables


Today's Harvest: cabbage, leeks, carrots, green onions, beets, spinach

A bed of carrots and nasturtiums
Sugar pie pumpkin

Jack Be Little pumpkins climbing up the lavender