Garden Tour

While making dinner last night, I went out to the garden to pick some vegetables and I decided to take pictures of the garden for a garden tour. Now our garden is not outstanding by any means. There are no awards here or people coming through for regular garden tours. It is a work in progress though and we love it. We started with some lumpy, bumpy, weedy grass and dirt and turned it to a lumpy, bumpy, weedy grass and plants. There is still a lot of work to be done, but I'm pleased with what we have accomplished so far.

Here is the hanging basket that I made from a flat of annuals from Fred Meyer. It has grown more than I expected. A hanging basket at the market was $35. I bought two flats of 48 petunias each for under $30. I filled two hanging baskets, one window box, two pots and used the plants to fill in bare spots in the front and back yard. We created the window box to give our neighbor something pretty to look at out her kitchen window. Her window looked at the side of our house and now that we have extended our fence and built a shed, it looks at the roof of the shed. I thought I would be nice and give her some flowers to look at.

Daisies. I love them along the back fence. I need to plant some more. They are mixed in with chocolate cosmos and behind a dahlia and peony. I want some more so I can have a cutting garden.

Sage. This was actually in a pot until last summer. I can't believe how much it has grown. Big Daddy wondered what I was doing when I planted it in the ground, but it blends well with the other plants around it.

Our first peach from our tree. There are about 4 peaches and 1 plum that I can see. Last year we had quite a few plums, but this is the first time we have had peaches. We thought we had placed the tree perfectly, but some of the front branches have died and the others are leaning over into the neighbors yard. We either need to turn the tree or train it to lean into our yard.

Our one lonely tomato. This one is a Roma. We have four plants, but only have a few tomatoes. I'm hoping for a lot so I can make tomato sauce and freeze it.

Our Walla Walla sweet onions. Some are doing better than others. The ones we put in the planting bed look good. The ones in the ground outside the planting bed have not done anything.

Zucchini. Lots of flowers, but no zucchini yet.

Our radishes that I think we left in the garden too long. They are a little woody.

Mmmm... Broccoli. Lovey is excited for steamed broccoli with Parmesan cheese.

Sugar snap peas. The ones on the back of the trellis did better than those on the front of the trellis. It was too hot for the ones on the front of the trellis.

Basil. I'm thinking pesto. Yum.

Lettuce waiting to be harvested. We have so much lettuce between our garden and CSA that I ate 3 salads yesterday.

I've never had so many blueberries. Some are even ripe already, but unfortunately they don't taste very good.

This is my Lady in Red hydrangea that is blue. Hmmm... I think I need to amend the soil. I love blue hydrangeas, but this one is not supposed to be blue.

I love this hydrangea. This poor plant had a large beam crash through it a few months after it was planted, but it bounced back beautifully. Blue hydrangeas are my favorite and this one, Endless Summer, blooms on old and new wood and blooms all year. We had hydrangeas and calla lilies at our wedding. I don't have any luck growing calla lilies.
The mock orange. This one was doing really well and even had flowers this year, but slowly the leaves are turning brown. I don't know what is wrong with it. Ideas?

The tomato plant in the black pot is looking sad. I don't think it gets enough sun.

Well I hope you enjoyed the small tour of my garden. Big Daddy designed it. I just add the flowers I like.