seagardensandglass

Sunday, May 30, 2010

Non-pastels

Our front yard looks quite lovely this time of year.

Poppies

One poppy plant has forced its way through the obedient plant and the loosestrife. It has more buds this year than it had in any previous year.

I hope that our trellis does not collapse under the weight of three climbing plants: antique rose, clematis, and glorious wisteria. Our wisteria blooms late, compared to other examples that we've seen around the state. But then, everything in our garden blooms late. We still have a peony bush in BUD.

Rear Window

Victor complains that, from our windows and even from our patio swing, my iris bed obscures his view of his hosta garden. So here is his hosta garden, which on the ground is to the rear of the iris bed. Following the hosta garden is an image of our first iris in bloom this year.

Yummies

This year, our produce garden was designed to supply eggplant, tarragon pizzas blanco (with our herb garden: no pictures of that, I realize!), and salads, comprised of lettuce (2 types), bok choy, arugula, peppers, radishes, nasturtium or dill (these individually give a salad a different edge), cucumbers, and tomatoes.

There is no sign of the eggplant, sadly. For the pizzas, we're growing two types of squash and, of course, tarragon. I'll have to snap some pics of the herb garden.