Progression--Late Spring

Plants at the Biltmore

Chinese Lantern Ponytail Palm
Fruit trees trimmed and pruned to fit structure and shape.
Pineapple!

Biltmore

Biltmore Trying to see the gargolyes...
Lunch under two trees which provided shelter while raining on Bass Lake!
Grape vines over the path.
Matt at the winery as we are waiting to go on the behind the scenes tour--after a very long day of walking!

CSA

Just to make everyone jeleous! Our take from this week at the CSA at Serenbe was as follows:

• 5 lbs tomatoes--including some peach tomatoes!
• 1 1/2 lbs. cherry tomatoes
• 3/4 lb. blueberries
• 2 bunches of basil
• 3 lbs. eggplant
• 4 bell pepers
• 4 hot pepers
• 4 hot/sweet pepers
• 2 garlic bulbs
• 3/4 lb. argula
• 1 1/2 lbs. okra

What to do with all of this food??!!! Any ideas?

Oh...AND I picked 4 romas, 8 okra, 2 eggplant, and 3 strawberries from my own garden today!

(Ok, ok, so it wasn't all my share, but mine and Brandi's while she is in Argentina!) ;~)

First Veggies!

July 4th, 2008

July 16th, 2008 July 18th, 2008

July 22, 2008

These are by no means the only pickings from my garden, but they are some of the more memorable!

Growing!

I've been away from the garden for about 1 week and it seems like everything has grown a foot! The brandywine is higher than the fence and the eggplant had two veggies to clip off! I cannot wait to taste them!

Eventually, I have had to stake my tomatoe 'tree' with a tree stake to keep the cage in the ground and prevent it from tumbling completely over!

The first potatoes!

These potatoes are from an organic variety pack that I picked up at the grocery store but did not eat quickly enough! With not wanting to throw the growing tubers away, I stuck them in the ground near the edge of my wall thinking that they would make a pretty vine. Well, they did not vine, but they did make baby potatoes! I hope that they taste great in the potato salad that I am making with them this weekend.

VEGGIES!!

Tomatos, asperagus, and banana peppers, oh my!

Puppies in the Garden

Although nice enough here, this little demon is terror on the veggie garden!

One of My Favorite Focal Points

The wave petunias have no equal next to the big rock that I had my dad and husband move into place! Their backs did not appreciate the size of the rock that I had picked out from among the several lining the street's empty lots. But now, it is the first thing I see when I pull up to the driveway and the one thing that makes me smile no matter the day!

Stella D'Oro

Constant beauty!

Mystery Gardenia Blooming--Finally!

The smell is amazing!

The first of the yellow daylilies with a ruffle petal edge! Very pretty! I now have 6 blooming daylilies....it is just too bad that they cannot be seen past the mulch pile!

My wonderful garden! It now hosts 3 strawberry plants (thanks Bran!), 1 heirloom tomato, and 5 barely perceptible asparagus plants. I cannot wait to add cucumbers, eggplant, peppers, and many other veggies on the other wings!

The first completed island

As the weekend ends, this island is the only completed portion of the yard. It took 2 days to till, 2 days to spread weed fabric, 1 day to install the drip system, and 1 day to unload more loads of mulch than I care to count!

One Big A** Pile of Mulch!!

50 Cubic Yards never looked so intimidating!

Exhausted!

Mulch comes tomorrow and I'm already exhausted! Since we got the confirmation that the 2+ loads of mulch were coming this Friday, I have been working on preparing the beds (which were previously yard). Tilling hurts the hands, back, and body! AND now I have 50 cubic yards being dumped in my driveway tomorrow!

Kleim's Gardenias!

More blooms appear everyday! It is nearly white with flowers! AND it smells so nice!

Second blooming daylily. I love the dark coloring!