Garden Tour

Front yard path

Things are really moving along here so I thought I would give you a bit of an update.

Here's the front yard path, oreganos in the pots, sweet peas on the arch, the red farther down are oriental poppies. The tall tree, right mid ground is the apple in the driveway bed. The tree on the left in the back ground is a self sown elderberry which is blooming. Remember you can click on any picture to see it bigger.

Bonanza Dwarf peaches

The little Bonanza peach tree has a good fruit set.

Salad Bowl Lettuce

The patch of Salad Bowl lettuce in the shady front yard bed is about big enough to start picking.

Granada, the $2 rose

The Granada rose that I got for $2 last fall has some buds showing. It is dwarfed by the bearded iris and green onion going to seed.

pink rose

This big pink rose grows at the end of the path in the first picture. I don't remember it's name, I'll have to check my garden book. It has some fragrance, but not that much.

potato bed

Here's the potato bed out front that I planted in March. I gave the bed a good soaking yesterday and mulched it with some straw. I'll have to buy another bale this week to finish up.

potted potatoes

Out back on the patio the potted potatoes are doing well.

Currant Tomato

I potted up a Currant tomato into this planter and gave the very last plant to my sister when she came to visit yesterday. Do you recognize what the support is?

Princepe Borghese, green tomatoes

Also on the patio the other tomatoes are growing like crazy, the little Princepes are loaded with green fruit.

Potted Peppers

I moved the pepper plants on up to one gallon pots yesterday.

Back yard garden

Here's an over view of the back yard garden. You can see the greenhouse on the left. On the fence left of the gate is the Fuji apple I planted this year. On the right side is a Grimes Golden planted in 2009. The beds down the left side from front to back, Red Pontiac potatoes, three sisters, lettuce and turnips, then bolting lettuce. On the right, bolting lettuce, tomatoes, onion and parsnip, brassicas. Going across most of the back are the Mammoth Melting peas and behind them, the bean trellis.

Red Pontiac potatoes planted in January

 

 

Three sisters, the beans aren't up yet

Bolting parsnips

tomato bed 8 Amish Paste

Broccolis

bolting lettuce, chard, red amaranth

Mammoth Melting Peas

Greenhouse, cantaloupe, nasturtiums, chard

strawberries

Epazote and purple petunia

This Epazote and purple petunia volunteered in a pot of lettuce.

The red mustard is flowering

beans and cantaloupe in the coldframe

Purple bean flowers

Red root pigweed, a wild amaranth

With the warmer weather comes a new edible weed, red root pigweed, a type of amaranth. The small leaves are good in salad and when they are bigger, as cooked greens. In good soil with extra water it will go to 6-8 feet.

Lamb's Quarters

Lambs Quarters is another edible weed, used the same as the pigweed. Where it grows in drier poorer soil its a bit tough so I cut those for the rabbits.