Harvest from our Summer crops

Anaheim peppers, Yellow Pear Tomatoes and Roma Tomatoes

Planting our first Fall Crops

This past weekend we planted our first crops in our new vegetable beds. We planted: Green Leaf Lettuce, Romaine Lettuce, Kale, Collard Greens, Broccoli, C-C Cucumber (a small Asian variety), Radishes and Parsley. Some of the veggies should be ready to harvest by Thanksgiving and the rest by mid-December.

















Terry amended the soil with compost
















Michele is checking out the planting instructions...
















Making rows...

Time to water the seeds in...

These yellow daisies are taller than me!

These daisies are some of the few plants that we kept from the old garden.

Landscape photos

Our garden is starting to fill in. It's hard to believe we only started planting 4 or 5 months ago. The plants seem to be holding up well, despite the dogs and a long hot, dry Summer. The main exception would be several Salal, they ended up on a pee path. We lost a few others plants to severe spider mites and possibly neglect (shame on us). Our two Rosa mutabis had aphids pretty bad, but they've thrived despite it.

The best part of the process has been strolling around the garden most evenings with our cups of tea watching the plants grow. We also have enjoyed the nice comments from neighbors who have watched the garden come together. Three hummingbirds have been regular visitors. They especially like the honeysuckle vines, crocosmia and phygelius.

Over labor day weekend, Terry built the new cedar vegetable beds on the south slope. They look incredible. We look forward to growing some crops this Fall.

Front garden bed: Oakleaf Hydrangea, Hydrangea 'Tardiva', Crape Myrtle, Phygelius, Phormium 'Maori Sunrise', Cryptomeria 'Elegans Compacta', Hebe 'Patty's Purple', Carex 'Frosty Curls'












Honeysuckle 'Dropmore Scarlet'















South Border: Miscanthus gracillimus, Sambuscus 'Black Beauty', Phygelius, Verbena bonariensis, Arbutus unedo, Coreopsis 'Creme Brulee', Gaura, Calluna 'Firefly'



















Verbena bonariensis, Miscanthus gracilimus, Coreopsis 'Creme Brulee'



















Our new Vegetable Beds

















Our wire fence (the dogs love people watching!)
Salvia greggii, Erigeron karvinskianus, Honeysuckle

















Pennisetum 'Hameln', Hebe 'Midsummer Beauty', Euphorbia 'Despina'