Garden Pics

[botias]

I don't think this was probably the best summer for flowers. It definitely wasn't a good butterfly or bumblebee year though the dragonflies patrolled diligently, tempting Jones to feats of feline acrobatics. Still, I enjoyed my garden very much.






Globe thistle, black and blue sage and wild oregano



Could that be Alien Sex Pollen TM?? Cool succulent that looks to be from Mars, but of course is not.



My new rock garden/bed thingies



The perennial bed. Agastache, Echinacea, and tiger lilies in the foreground.
I think it's pretty.



Which is just as well, since I have to look at it all the time.



The vegetable beds this year. That one leaf has got to be 2 feet across--the boards of the bed are 1 foot wide--that's the yellow crookneck squash. The zucchini turned out to have neat silver patterns on the leaves, and makes plenty of tasty green zuccs. Last year my attempts at growing squash failed. This year, armed with knowledge and organic fertilizer, I have done better. The second bed is heat lovin' plants. You can see they are not lovin' it. Ah well. *shrugs* Purely in the interest of crop rotation, I may be forced to leave these beds fallow and plant annual flowers in them for the next three years.

Comments

[brunettepet.livejournal.com]

The garden looks lovely and colorful. The brick beds are beautiful with all that green spilling over them.

We saw a lot of globe thistle on our hikes around the Mammoth Lakes area and I had no idea what they were! Yay for identification of a plant we thought looked like came from Mars! Your cool, pinky succulent is boss.

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

Everything looks a lot lusher and greener than the dried out plants around here. I actually saw more bees this year but very few butterflies.

Thanks for sharing, everything looks quite lovely.

[deborahw37.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous!!

[empresspatti.livejournal.com]

I am so envious - your garden looks stunning.

Between the deer and the heat - this year was a total waste. I didn't do a thing except mulch in the spring.

[cheezey.livejournal.com]

Lovely garden pics! I'm envious of your gorgeous flowers! Although are you sure that's not powdery mildew on your squash plant leaves? In the pic it looks suspiciously like it.

[botias.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It does look like the mildew in the pic, but it really does have silver markings. Check out the catalog pic:

http://www.territorialseed.com/product/1107/s

[botias.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I don't envy you the deer. I think I would quickly develop an unreasonable and violent hatred if I had to deal with them.

[botias.livejournal.com]

:)

[botias.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[botias.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I associate globe thistle with English cottage gardens. I even bought the seed from a company based in the UK. It's funny to think of it growing wild. :)

[cheezey.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's cool! I'd never seen that before! How do they taste? Maybe I'll give them a try next year.

Sorry to be an alarmist about the mildew, it's just that I hate it soooo much and I wouldn't wish it on anyone's garden!

[zanthinegirl.livejournal.com]

Your garden is so gorgeous! We've has so little sun here this year than mine is terrible. :(

[louise39.livejournal.com]

Pretty, pretty flowers and such a lovely variety of colors and textures! I remember you shopping for plants and seeds and you have made a beautiful garden.

The June-July heat wave decimated our flowers - even the geraniums. Just now, we have only marigolds and salvia surviving. Next year, I think I'll try some succulents again. Love your peach-colored one!

[botias.livejournal.com]

They taste fine to me, nice and tender, though I'm just starting out with the squash thing, not a connoisseur.

No worries. I think the silver pattern is neat bonus in a vegetable.

[botias.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Yes, this is the summer that wasn't, and now it seems to be fall already.

[botias.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Too bad we couldn't have split the heat between us. Succulents are so cool. I hope that one with the flower spike does that often.