Garden in Early July

Early July is green beans time! One day I picked about two pounds of green beens. I've been sharing them with my neighbors. I've also picked some cucumbers and pulled small beets.

 Front yard flowers

 Lords and Ladies in sideyard

 Backyard veggie/flower garden

 Cucumbers

 Parsley gone to seed

 Garlic is ready to be dug up amongst eggplant

 A little bit of everything

 PIcked my first tomato today, July 9

 ...and it was added to salad.

Bumblebees

Early June Garden

These pictures were taken more than a week ago in early June.

Front yard

 My "experimental" fingerling potatoes seem to be doing well. They are near blooming butterfly bush.

 Bumble bees on butterfly weed.

 My peppers are not doing so well... for now

Broccoli and Brussels sprouts (Reminder to myself, do not get broccoli next year. They do not earn their keep)

 Tomatoes I stared from seed. Lots of growing still ahead...

 First green beans and broccoli

 My favorite herb--dill!

 Spearmint bunch

Late May Bouquet

Fewer few, butterfly weed, rose champion, astilbe, love-in-the-mist seed pods.

Morning after Rain

Clematis is blooming

 Idyllic view on side yard

 Rain drops on a bush

Flowers for CCD Teachers

Roses, daisies and mini carnations from Saweway; butterfly weed, love-in-the-mist seed pods, lavender, hosta and a few branches from my garden.

Newcomers

New this spring:

• perennials--oriental poppy 'Allegro', hybrid cowslip, lemongrass
• hot peppers--jalapeno, Hungarian hot (mildly hot), Red Cherry
• annual--celosia.

May garden

Hello neighbor!

Flower bed on right side near garage.

Front yard

Front

Lambs ear and thyme

Flower bed around dogwood

Left side

Shady side yard

Side yard

I have a blooming lily-of-the-valley!

Veggie garden

Parsley, red flower (?), iris

Vegetable and flower garden in backyard

Radishes and lettuce