Sights from around Crooked Acre: Garden.
I just had to document that I managed to keep Fuschia (which were in the hanging pots on the front porch) alive all summer long (last summer). They are so pretty, but were a PAIN, (all that watering) and I don’t know that I’d do it again.
Last year we had a garden in the back yard. This is what it looked like in May.
This is what it looked like in June.
Squash flower.
Contrary to the pictures, the garden didn’t do all that well – that back corner doesn’t actually get enough sun (there are very tall trees back there that block the sun until about mid-day) and so we opted not to have an in-ground garden again. (We could do it in the side field if we want to… but do we want to? We’re not sure.)
I love the color of this Gladiolus (from last summer).
I grew sunflowers last year. I love sunflowers.
This pot of Million Bells Petunias (Calibrachoa) (from last summer) actually came back from the year before. I like it when I get two years from one plant when I wasn’t expecting it. (We had a really brutal winter this year, though, and I didn’t get a third year from it.)
From last summer – this bed has Nandina in the back (I did not plant them and do not love them, but I do admire how impossible it is to kill them – chop them back to the ground and they keep coming back). But mostly I took this picture to show how well the catnip (the plant between the two purple bushes – which are Loropetalum Purple Pixie) has taken hold. Yeah, I know. It’s a weed. It’ll take over the whole bed. You know I’m fine with that, right?
Last year’s sunflowers.
The patio in May. We decided that this year we’d grow tomatoes and squash in pots.
The patio in June. The 4 pots on the far right are squash and zucchini; the rest are tomatoes.
The patio in July. We moved the tomato pots up onto the top part of the patio and added gallon jugs as slow waterers (there are small holes in the bottom of the jugs.) The squash and zucchini produced for about 2 weeks and then were overtaken by squash bugs, so they’re gone. The plants moving across the lower part of the patio are cantaloupe and watermelon that Fred planted in the gravel around the patio. Our thoughts for next year are that we’re going to do just tomatoes in pots. We have lots of sources around here for squash, zucchini, and other summer veggies, so we’ll grow tomatoes and buy the rest.
The catnip in May of this year. It got HUGE and I ended up cutting it back a few weeks ago so that it wouldn’t cover the walkway. The bees are loving it!
The catnip at the other end of the flower bed. Catnip’s taking over! (And I’m okay with that.)
Is it just me, or do tomatoes take foreverrrrr to ripen?
This year’s sunflowers – and in front of the fence, the rose bushes we’ve added this year.
A closeup of the roses – they are so pretty! The top left is an Abracadabra, the top right is Peak Performance, and the two on the bottom are Knockout roses.
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I’m pretty sure Tater was staring at the sun on the wall and having Deep Thoughts. (Or maybe just no thoughts at all.)
Uncle Khal is all “Don’t even try it, kid.”
Over on the left, Rufous and Starling are waiting and hoping Uncle Khal will vacate the track toy play area.
Khal’s all “MINE.”
Tater’s all “Wow, I hope when I grow up, I’m as MAGNIFICENT as Uncle Khal!” (I suspect she will be.)
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Posted on social media (Facebook/Twitter/Instagram/Tumblr) yesterday.
It’s Toesday, so please admire these beans.
It’s a Tater pie (my favorite!) This pie seems a little bit suspicious.
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In case you were curious, Rufous DOES have a voice – it’s just very quiet and sweet and he doesn’t feel the need to use it very often!
Rufous is such a sweet little napping companion.
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Tater (official name: Plover) has a purrrrr.
Good night innernets. (Tater/Plover (left) and Starling.)
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Previously
2022: Jocasta’s all “This one’s always smelling my breath to see what I’ve been eating.”
2021: Update on the move.
2020: Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
2019: Can I interest you in a piece of Madeline pie?
2018: No entry.
2017: Roux is NOT Kravitzing the neighbors.
2016: I’m not sure how much longer it’ll last under this kind of abuse.
2015: No entry.
2014: No entry.
2013: I’m going to just start calling Ember “The Peanut”, because she’s such a tiny little peanut of a kitty.
2012: “Okay, you got your pictures, lady. Now vamoose.”
2011: Cori don’t care ’bout no spayin’ nonsense.
2010: Hello, feral kitten. (Except, he wasn’t. And we eventually named him Martin.)
2009: No entry.
2008: No entry.
2007: Maryanne has a hissy fit. Tommy does not care.
2006: No entry.
2005: No entry.