Monday, July 19, 2010

Garden 2010


Every year, our gardens get bigger & bigger...and, become more & more work. This year, DH built us two raised garden beds in our backyard. They replaced two very large & overgrown Forsythia bushes, that I've been dreaming of getting rid of for years.
Growing up, we always had a vegetable garden. So, enjoying summer harvests has been something I have always looked forward too. But, having our very own garden, is even more rewarding. We have moved on from our little container gardens & can plant so much more.
We've planted loads of tomatoes. Along with, eggplant, cucumbers, raspberries, strawberries, acorn squash, peanuts, amaranth, radishes, arugula, lettuce, sugar snap & sweet peas, dill, tarragon, basil {which is mostly all gone now, due to some insect, or rodent}, cilantro, beets, rapini {broccoli raab}, leeks, shallots, chocolate mint, spearmint, chives, bell peppers & of course, parsley.
I've already been using plenty of the herbs & this weekend we harvested our first ripe cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, sweet peas & eggplant. So amazing!





7 comments:

LMBrown said...

Beautiful Kate!

Ann Flower said...

Wow...the first picture of flower looks awesome. I have never seen anything like it.

The Cilantropist said...

So excited for your harvest! I esp enjoy the tomatoes... tiny little orbs of goodness. :)

Anonymous said...

choc. mint makes a great herbal iced tea.

Anonymous said...

FYI the flower is called a Aeonium and it is a succulent. What a beautiful photo of it!!

modeflowers said...

Nice shots. It looks like a professional photographer shots.

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