June 17th Update

Despite promises of thunderstorms today was gorgeous and I was able to week and plant and fertilize. Below are my new additions and a global picture.

So Beautiful!

Look at all the good stuff!

New Pumpkins down by the squash. We'll see how they do.

Zinnia!

New strawberries and cauliflower.

From June 13th

That looks like a wonderful father's day dinner! Here are my late contributions from last Thursday:

Blooming Zinnias 

Look at the squash!

Blooming tomatoes

Oh no! The grass is invading my lettuce! 

Father's Day

Chard for dinner!

Nasturtiums blooming,,,

Baby tomatoes

Chard after harvest

Scarlet runners have runners

Bill's fuschia

Trailing rosemary starting to trail...

Pretty blooming groundcover in the south rockery

Salvia blooming -- looking for hummingbirds

Basil waiting to become pesto

Brittney's first pumpkin is up!!

My disappointing dinner

After a wonderful afternoon of weeding and attempting to use newspaper as weed protection. Seeing Rose's new additions and hard work. And most excitedly the peas! I came home to no power and no way to cook the steak intended for the top of our salad. Oh well! Delayed gratification for tonight.

Lovin' the sunshine!

Over the weekend we went to another plant sale and came home with a couple of tomatillas, an eggplant, and orange peppermint.  Had to fight a lot of cherry  tree roots to expand the garden strip along the west wall, but finally got things planted. Rose and Brittney have really gotten the greensward looking good.  Bill and I have been breakfasting out in the front terrace just to admire the view.

New additions from Thursday

I tilled the new spot. Then I added broccoli, cucumbers, new lettuce, and Zinnia plants and seeds.

Memorial Day

There are more additions to the gardening project:

Bill in his new urban gardener suspenders

A cactus has appeared.

The purple sage looking for riders

A rose e'er blooming

Salvia in a pot planning to attract humming birds