Poor Lars stares unblinkingly out his cucumber cell, wondering if this is the day he is to be transferred to Pickled Row...
The Survivor Tomato trying desperately to blend in with the rest of the crowd...
After last week's deer fiasco, I have been popping out as often as possible harvesting whatever I can get my grubby little hands on. I picked three and a half pounds of green peppers this week!
(I love that the green pepper is taking a flying leap out of the bowl-Don't eat me! Don't eat me!)
I have several bare spots in the garden that need replanted for the fall...right now they are just covered in cardboard and straw so I don't have to weed them. In fact, I need to get those spots planted soon - October 15 is our official freeze date and it will be here before I blink.
Growing a watermelon was on our family's "summer list" this year...here she is! Hopefully deer don't like to eat watermelon! I'm afraid it might be too heavy on a trellis, so I tied it up with a bit of nylon. The watermelon was attaching itself to the tomatoes, so this at least keeps it in a line.
I did get to "harvest" quite a few cutting flowers this week! A zinnia mixture...
Lovely gladiolus...
Echinacea...(which we have been enjoying inside and out! Everybody has colds this week)
and black eyed Susans.
My cottage garden is weary and heavy laden! It peaks in June, so next year I need to work on adding midsummer colors. There are a few dots of color hidden in there, but not much!
What's growing in your garden today?
And start thinking about what you are hoping to see in your garden next month...
Come back and share it this Friday, August 5th, for Hope Grows Day!
Linking up to Daphne's Dandelions for Harvest Monday
And start thinking about what you are hoping to see in your garden next month...
Come back and share it this Friday, August 5th, for Hope Grows Day!
Linking up to Daphne's Dandelions for Harvest Monday
and Patient Gardener for End of the Month View
Poor Lars--and I'm sure somehow that the Survivor Tomato will turn out to have been an ugly duckling. Its swan days are coming! Your vegetable garden looks like it held up well through the heat, or maybe that's just my jaded southwestern eyes.
ReplyDeleteHave you ever grown Helen's Flower (Helenium autumnale)? When I lived in VT it was one of my favorite midsummer-to-frost bloomers.
I like your flower garden! If I only had enough time for everything... The watermelon is quite impressive - may it ripen fully before being plucked from it's vine by only you :) Melons appear to be a bust for us this year and we have no idea why...
ReplyDeleteYour "veggie faces" crack me up. I'm trying watermelon for the first time too. Mine's on the ground though. The only thing I'm trellising is cucumbers and the random winter squash that's attached itself to the fence.
ReplyDeleteVery cute prisoners of your cucumber jail cell!!! Wow that's a LOT of peppers! I'm impressed.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy the way you arrange your veggies, and the little stories behind them...so cute! Your pepper harvest is so impressive!!! Happy Harvest!
ReplyDeleteLook at that watermelon! Wow! I am jealous. All three of mine are barely bigger than a golf ball! How do you do it? Great harvest and your garden is lovely!
ReplyDeleteYour watermelon looks sexy, LOL! Great job on the amount of peppers and I love the photo of your black eyed susans, absolutely beautiful.
ReplyDeleteWOW What a watermelon! Very clever with the pantyhose. I'm jealous of your 3.5 lbs of peppers! I hope I can harvest a lot of peppers too. Beautiful zinnia bouquet too.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous, gorgeous! I love the Zinnia bouquet!
ReplyDeleteI'd heard about people supporting melons with pantyhose and now I've seen it to - can't wait until summer to try - Thankyou!!!
ReplyDeleteOh la la very pretty colourful blooms. Sexy watermelon we used to do that too with our melon.
ReplyDeleteNice harvest - and cute photos of the veggies! Speaking of deer fiascos, deer managed to eat my hostas despite them being covered with netting (the wrong kind, apparently!) I can identify with the need to find more midsummer blooming plants - not much going on in the garden now. Though it looks like you have lots of pretty flowers.
ReplyDeleteHow beautiful! I am so jealous of that watermelon!!
ReplyDeleteI have watermelon envy! I can't seem to get mine to grow to a decent size. A small melon is better then none but I would love to be able to grow a giant one of these days.
ReplyDeleteTell Lars that it is his destiny to be a pickle. The other pickles just aren't good enough for that.
ReplyDeletehaha - You somehow make me feel sorry for the vegetables. But the flowers look happy and cheerful to be picked!
ReplyDeleteGreat post! All those colourful veggies made me smile - especially the green pepper attempting a valient leap to freedom...
ReplyDeleteLovely pics. of your flowers too - and the watermelon almost defies description - even my son is impressed!!
I love your harvest photos! I re-potted my sole surviving pepper plant yesterday, excited to see three tiny fruit forming. Then I see your harvest! jealous? Moi? Mais non... AND you have zinnias - mine all got eaten by snails. Hrmph. ;-)
ReplyDeleteOOOooo I'm glad I came back to tell you I have posted the Cauliflower risotto recipe because I got to look at those lovely flowers again!
ReplyDeleteWhat do you do with all these peppers, Hanni? The watermelon looks brilliant. You have some great crops there.
ReplyDeleteHey all the pictures are mind blowing .It is the main attraction of this page..Thanks for giving me the opportunity to view it
ReplyDeleteI have been absent Hanni but look at your harvest and blooms...what a grand sight...your veg garden has been a success and you are harvesting much more than me....I wish my peppers would have produced more...wonderful!!!
ReplyDeleteDeer and coyote will eat watermelon, but maybe the nylon will confuse them. :)
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