The Garden - Full Bloom

"Who loves a garden

still his Eden keeps."

-A.B. Alcott

We have been so busy weeding, picking, canning, pickling, and EATING our garden.  What a wonderful endeavor this has been for our little family.  This has really been a lot of work this summer, but the truth is, we have had more fun doing this together.  Our garden...in pictures.

Basil and Dill

My flower garden!  Zinnias, Cosmos, Dahlias, and Bells of Ireland

Tomatoes and Sunflowers!  Corn in the background, and our owl (Nigel the Night Owl)'s box up high

Melons!  Canary, Cantelope, and Watermelons

Our cucumbers are growing UP this year as we tried trellising them.  This turned out to be a brilliant idea!  We have pickling cucumbers, regular burpless cucumbers, and Armenian cucumbers.

The trellising cucumbers and moonlight sunflowers.

Tomatoes!  First few rows are Ace tomatoes, then a row of yellow Lemon Boys, a row of Stuffer Tomatoes, and a row of Heirloom Cherekee Purple.

Our view from the back porch swing.