If Spring is kind (and it was this year in Northern Virginia), the first few days of summer are an exciting mix of things ready to eat, others growing rapidly and even more newly planted. We're not complete fresh food fanatics but we do really appreciate the difference between something you pick from from your own garden versus that which you can find at even the best (and priciest) grocery store.
So, rather than bore you with words, I'm going to let the pictures of our garden do the talking in this post. Enjoy!
The Herbs
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| Tuscan Blue rosemary w/ Pink Poodle echinacea |
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| Santolina, thyme and chammomile |
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| Lavender, upright rosemary, alpine strawberry |
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| 'Arp rosemary, fennel feet |
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| Fennel Gone Wild --last measurement, 9' 9" |
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| Artichoke, garlic chives, more Tuscan Blue, parsley, lovage, Greek oregano, ornamental salvia and portulaca |
The Berries
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| Alpine strawberries - tiny but intensely delicious |
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| Strawberries - gone now - but we had a bumper crop this year | | | |
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| Wild blackberries in our 'natural' area |
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| Virginia's famous wine berries |
The Veggies
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| Baby beets (Three Root Grex) and garlic scapes - just picked |
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| Garlic fresh from the harvest |
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| The tomato zone is full this year! |
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| Clusters of 'Juliet tomatoes and a big fat mystery plant --it was marked 'Juliet as well! |
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| Can't resist adding hot peppers to the garden! |
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| 'Socrates peppers |
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| 'Red Russian kale underplanted with a fancy schmancy mesclun mix from Johnny's Seeds |
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| 'Red Russian kale |
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| 'Bright Lights swiss chard with a horseradish back |
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| 'Homemade Pickles' cucumber seedlings |
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| the newly planted bed o'beans --'Kentucky Wonder and 'Mellow Yellow |
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| Leeks gone by but still beautiful. We're hoping these beautiful flowers provide seeds for lots of 'leeklings'. |
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| Potatoes - growing above ground in bags Cyn made from landscape fabric |
