Purple Sprouting Broccoli

 The purple sprouting broccoli from last year is now sprouting! 

White Castle for Defense of Peas

Ummm...I’ve been watching alternating shows of Monte Don’s Gardener’s World and Grand Designs.  Welcome to the Spring Garden, including the White (cloth) Castle to protect the peas from the deer or rabbits and/or birds who attacked them last year.  Also a wonderful red leaf lettuce and some broccoli seedlings planted. (The bean tower is in the further back bed.

Also, here is the current view in the cloche. 

First harvest!

I had started some kale from seed and transplanted to the cloche some time ago.  Today, I weeded the cloche and added broccoli seedlings.  And had our first harvest of kale leaves!

Garden List 2021

 Listing here the seeds and plants I (maybe) will have in the garden this year.  

These "Botanical Interests" seeds came from a shop closing last fall:

• Bean, Pole "Trionfo Violetto-purple pods
• Beans, Pole Runner "Scarlet Emperor"-the hummingbirds love them and I like the flavorful beans.  Will have to build a new trellis as the wonderful old one finally gave out.
• Pumpkin "Cinderella" aka "Rouge Vif d'Etampes"-grown before, wonderful all around
• Pumpkin "Red Warty Thing"-just cuz the seeds found me. Edible and decorative
• Spinach "Bloomsdale"
• Squash, Winter "Sweet Meat"

• Alyssum, Sweet "Oriental Nights"
• Chamomile "German"
• Cosmos "Candystripe"
• Iceplant, Livingstone Daisy "Sparkle Blend"
• Nasturtium "Alaska Variegated"
• Nicotiana "Indian Peace Pipe"

Growing or to add list in progress:

• Cilantro, growing
• Kale, growing
• Lettuce, "Flashy Trout's Back"
• Squash, Summer
• Tomatoes
• Rosemary, growing
• Oregano, growing
• Chives, growing
• Broccoli, Purple Sprouting, growing
• Peas
• Chard

Spring Starts 2021

In the fall, I moved two perennials from the former garden bed space that now is part of the pathways.  I'm happy to report both have accepted their transplanting - a hellebore and an Oriental poppy. The hellebore  is currently blooming and also snowdrops and a single crocus (that one should be moved too). 

Apple shoppers

Besides me, here are some of the nighttime shoppers enjoying this year of apple abundance.  Also captured were opossums, blue jays, squirrels and 2 or 3 cats.  I think the coyote was shopping for something besides apples.  The critters seem to notice the cam and sometimes come close to check it out before ignoring it.  I move the cam around when I see a trail or disturbed area. I caught the squirrels and blue jays raiding the garden sunflowers.

Bloom Day August 15

Well, now I see I need to plan for more August blooms! Squash blossoms still to add. And borage.  Find many more bloom posts at May Dreams Gardens.

Cosmos living with the vegetables

The bees like the mint

One garden bed have a variety of flowers and herbs

Sort of a bloom - a baby frog grown in the pond

New Beds in Progress

Two of the new beds are dug and ready to grow something.  Meanwhile, the others have covers to slow down the weeds.

New beds in the old garden area

A sunny garden face

Bloom Day July 15!

The bees are happy with what's blooming on this warm (finally) day.  Check out the links to many more bloom day posts at May Dreams Gardens.

A tall bee favorite something!

Day lilies gifted from a friend's garden

A volunteer dog rose (I think)

Bean blooms and lavender in the garden

Tiny flowers of the snowberry bush

Oceanspray

A water lily blooming in the little frog pond

Calendula that I hope will reseed itself around 

Other blooms in and around the frog pond

It Begins!

Double digging the new beds is underway... and the harvest of a new crop of rocks!  While part of the soil was garden in the past, part of it was pathways.  I have a plant awaiting its new home in this bed.