It's finally that time of year - flowers and vegetables galore! No season goes without problems, I've accepted that I will never have a 'perfect' garden, but this year is pretty good. We've had consistent rain, which means less watering on my end! :) The temps haven't been too outrageously hot, which I think has contributed to a later harvest than I anticipated given when I got my planting done. I had really hoped for late July, and it was mid Aug before we started to really harvest. But all the plants have been very strong and healthy. The biggest problem in my garden this year is a little furry, fluffy tail bunny. Bunny ate all the leaves off my beans so there goes my awesome Cannelloni bean harvest! One of the crops that I count on as a regular vegetable at our table are string beans. We started out strong, and then bunny showed up. I even had beautiful looking scallions that he's munched on. Leaves are growing back on the beans so perhaps we haven't lost all yet.
Here are some pictures of what is going strong in the vegetable garden along with a few beauties from the flower garden! I've been cutting bouquets for a few weeks, but there will be crazy flowers in about a week!
This is going to be my best year ever of bell peppers! Along with a fun variety of hot and little sweet peppers.
What I typically find if one of my crops isn't doing as well as it has in the past, another is killing it! I have not had a good tomatillo harvest in probably 5 years. The salsa I make from them is coveted and looking forward to delivering again!
Cucumbers, squash and tomatoes are the holy trinity of the garden. I planted about 5 varieties of cucs, 8 of squash and I lost count on the tomatoes! They are not disappointing!
I'll finish with a few of my favorites from the flower garden. I am so excited about this gorgeous dahlia, who is throwing out new flowers daily! Finally some good sunflowers in my vegetable garden! This is just the beginning!
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