Continuing to think about how I and others write our garden blogs, today I'm going to use all the photos I took this weekend and see if I can come up with a coherent post.
I'm still trying to show the scale of the yard. Can you see VPH roasting himself on the far right?
The reverse angle from the driveway just past VPH:
I like this slightly different view of the vegetable garden since I rarely walk to the back of the garden to look at it:
VPH can't stop telling me that the geranium is blooming in the bastard garden:
Speaking of plants growing where they are clearly unloved...this fern popped up in the gravel driveway, and I need one for the shade garden, so I'm hoping it will thrive now that I've rescued it:
I'm pretty sure that there's too much fertilizer in the stupid Miracle Gro potting soil, so I'm worried that the fern will suffer the same problems as the previously thriving beans seem to be:
The peppers are doing great -- one red bell pepper harvested:
It's been sitting on the window sill since Saturday and now it's completely red. Two of the habaneros are showing signs of ripening like this one:
On a completely different topic...mom wanted to know how the hyacinth beans were doing:
Loving the purple there and loving the purple here:
This is hidden in the wildflowers. Way on the bottom left of this photo (but I can't see it):
I love the sunflower front and center of the above photo:
And since we're on the topic of loving...VPH loves me and we both love the dish that he made us Saturday night. We're trying to come up with interesting ways to eat our tomatoes -- I know, nice problem to have. He made a lovely rigatoni with fresh tomato and basil -- yum!
So what do you think -- okay post for such random photos?
Heather: It is a pleasure to see the garden as a 'whole'! I think it is more difficult to photograph the beauty of the 'whole' or, at least, I have had problems doing it but your garden looks like an oasis. The pepper looks delicious as does the rigatoni! This is your first year gardening? You are a natural!
Posted by: layanee | August 20, 2007 at 07:31 AM
I wish I could classify myself as a natural - I still can't remember to fertilize!
That, and trimming up my door-flanking sky pencil holly containers is my task for today.
Posted by: Mummer | August 20, 2007 at 11:10 AM
Perfectly coherent... and anything that ends with a drool-worthy shot of fresh tomato and basil pasta is a great post in my book anyway!
That veggie garden looks really pretty. And I really love the purple hyacinth beans with the red trellis.
Posted by: Kim | August 20, 2007 at 10:34 PM
if you could just mention the bastard garden every day, i'd be happy...
Posted by: gina | August 20, 2007 at 11:17 PM
Layanee - that's so nice of you to say since I admire your garden so much. I think it must be in the blood because my mom reminds me that my grandmother was an incredible gardener. Not that I'm anywhere near incredible -- I'm just happy that I haven't killed everything -- yet.
Mom - speaking of grandma, you should write a guest post about her garden.
Kim - I knew you would like that pasta. I've noticed that you tend to comment when there are pictures of food, hmmm. If you're ever in CT, you'll have to come over for dinner.
Gina - if VPH had his way the bastard garden would lead the post each day. He told me today that he would have a cherry tomato soon. I can't wait to see how he thinks it tastes, lol.
Posted by: Heather's Garden | August 20, 2007 at 11:29 PM