We've had a lot of rain and moderate temperatures so it's been wonderful for the cool weather plants and great for me not having to water the garden, mother nature took care of that. I did keep the basil growing indoors in the sun room for they don't like the cool and damp. The basil and cilantro from the garden is giving me lots of pesto!
The new garden I put in in front of my place where is more light is doing well - lots of growth! Let's have a look...
Mixture of Different Beans Mulched to Stop Weeds and Hold in Moisture
Garlic Growing Well
Onions Ready to Nip Off Flower Buds and Bend Stalks for Bigger Bulbs
I keep my brassica plants under row covers to keep the bugs off them. It also keeps them from drying out in the wind.
Cabbages Starting to Form Heads
Brocolli Also Starting to Form Heads
I do have some warm weather plants in this front garden, cucumbers and zucchinis. The zucchinis are doing pretty good but the cucumbers aren't doing to much. I think I have to move them out to another part of the garden that gets more light for next year.
Zucchini Starting to Take Hold and Growing Well
I put in a new strawberry bed last fall and they are coming along well - starting to produce.
Strawberries Starting to Form in New Strawberry Bed
In my middle garden I put in some potatoes and got them all mulched, put in different onions which are all weeded for they do not like competition, peas - trellised and ready to really grow plus a new bed of spearmint that I got from a friend and put in last fall.
Middle Garden with Potatoes, Onions, Peas and Mint Bed
Inside my covered garden, the hoop house, I have my warm weather plants - the peppers, tomatoes and cucumbers plus I put my celery in there for I can extend the season on them and it is close to the house for easy harvest. They could use a bit more heat but they are starting to set fruit.
Peppers Starting to Set Fruit Cucumbers Along Back Wall
Overview of Hoop House With Tomatoes Strung Up in a Way to Make For Easy Pollination
Celery Plants Big Enough To Harvest Some
Just outside the hoop house I grew some greens and there is lots of columbines blooming there too plus the sweet cicely has gone to seed giving me my licorice candy (the green seeds taste just like black licorice candy!)
Columbines in Bloom and Sweet Cicely Gone to Seed
There is some haskap bushes in that garden too and they gave me a nice harvest of berries
Haskap Bush With Berries Ripe for the Picking
By the deck, beautifying the place, I have my flower pots and I grow some herbs in containers.
Duck Nestled In Among the Pansies
Trumpet Flowered Petunias for the Hummingbirds and Fragrant Carnations for Me
Herb Garden with Rosemary Lemon Thyme Sage Peppermint Lemon Verbena and Nasturtiums
JJ had his own little patch in the garden full of cat mint - here he is after having a chew on it.
JJ in His Catmint Patch
The final picture is of JJ in his new favorite lookout spot on the table, now that we put the umbrella up to shade him. There is still some lilacs in bloom behind him. We had a magnificent display of lilacs all around the yard and their fragrance filled the air - I love that smell!
JJ Lounging Under the Umbrella on the Patio Table
That's a wrap for early July!
This is my entry to the Hive Community Garden Journal Challenge hosted by @riverflows Details here
All photos were taken with my Canon PowerShot SX60 HS
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