Garden porn

Oops!  It has been a couple of weeks since I last posted.  Sorry.  I’ve been pretty busy at work.  But, the good news is that I have been busy around the yard too, as I’m pretty good at finding odd bits of time here and there to work on little projects.

Take a look at the kitchen garden:

Yep, we’ve started planting.  And by “we” I mean the younger girl and me.  She is an amazing gardener.  On Sunday afternoon she helped me plant asparagus and she doesn’t even like the stuff.  I’ve also put in two kinds of tomatoes, three kinds of peppers, and one kind of bean so far, as well as various herbs.  The peas and lettuce are doing well and I’m hoping to actually get to eat them next month.  I still need to plant pumpkins, soybeans, bush beans, cucumbers, one more variety of tomatoes, and various flowers to attract bees and butterflies.

Along the fence are the six blueberry bushes I planted on Sunday and over on the right are six raspberry plants.  In both cases, the edges of the mulch are still pretty messy, but I was in a hurry to get the plants in the ground so that growing could commence.  I also need to build supports for the raspberries, but I figure those can wait for a week or two.

Eventually — and by “eventually” I mean either next year or possibly one horribly hot day this summer when I take leave of my senses — I’m going to put pea gravel paths around all the gardens.

I went over to our old house this week and thinned out some of the plants there.

Here’s the old fashioned garden that I mentioned a couple of weeks ago.

In the past couple of weeks, I’ve added more plants, although it’s hard to tell in this photo.  I’ve also laid down stepping stones from the gate to the soon-to-be patio, mulched around them, and planted Creeping Jenny as a groundcover.  Yes, I know Creeping Jenny can be invasive, but I love the bright chartreuse color, plus it’s cheap and easy to propagate.

Coming up to the gate, this is what you see:

The main way to get to our back yard from the front is to take this path from the driveway.  I put lavender on the left — some established plants from our old house, as well as several new plants — and lambs’ ears in front of the trellis on the right.  The younger daughter also planted morning glory seeds in front of the trellis, so we’re hopeful we’ll have lots of flowers climbing up the trellis this summer.

As for the aforementioned patio, it is  still very much a work in progress, although we’re planning hoping to finish it this weekend:

I know, we still have a lot to do.  *sigh*

Instead, how about if I show you one of my cute planters:

More soon — I promise!