Mary, Mary...how does your garden grow?
8 years ago
Just wanted to share a few pictures of my garden.
First, here it is when the azaleas were in bloom almost a month ago.
Here is today. A bit hard to see in the light, but this is a New Dawn rose that was crowded out by the climbing hydrangea that has pretty much taken over the arch over the garden gate but has climbed into the Bayleaf magnolias. I live when roses cling into trees!
The campanula is the result of two tiny pots I bought at the original Smith & Hawkin garden center. Bought then while in San Francisco for a dog show in 1987, love it!
In a book called "Elizabeth and her German Garden", it has a phrase that says it's the occasional "glimmers of success" that keep us going with our gardens. SO very true...
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Comments (10)I've been experimenting with cucumbers, but I buy them at the farmers' market. I tried fermenting some, and I think I used the wrong kind of cucumber; also they came out rather bland, and so I think I need to add some more spices/herbs to them. I added dill flower stalks, but dill does not grow well for me in the summer - it's mostly a winter herb for me, like parsley and cilantro. I also think the cucumbers needed more salt. I'm trying to grow a new crop of chocolate Habanero chilies but have not been having much luck with seeds this year. I planted over a dozen, and the first six did not make it, and now of the slower second six, only one or two seem to be making healthy plants. I used seeds that I bought, and next time I will also try using seeds that I have collected from my last crop. Basil is not looking great either - it seems to do better when I plant it later in the summer, and then it produced on into the winter - sometimes through January. I made a zucchini casserole last week, but I got the zucchini at the farmers' market also....See More- PRO8 years ago
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