Sunshine for the garden and a breeze to keep.....

the ravenous mosquitoes away! What else could a lady ask for
before setting out to weed the jungle! *wink*
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This is the pink tea rose, the ONLY flower here when we moved in.
In this garden are; Mountain Blue Bells, the Tea Rose, Echinachia,
Marigolds and Zinnias. The bush to the right is our black Elderberry
and next to that is a Choke Cherry tree, which is loaded, now to keep
birds at bay!

Some irises shared by a neighbor last Fall. Mama chicken is in the

background and behind her is the salad garden and garlic.

The salad garden, left to right, parsnips( 2 rows), a lettuce mix, next row

is split between mustard greens and spinach, then to the far right

are two varieties of beets.

Some of the plants are now tall enough to be seen , the furrows are

deep. Of course you can see the mess of weeds too!

A portion of my herb garden, this portion has not been weeded

since it began raining. Look at the bind weed, this is what we deal

with all season*sigh* You can't even see the Horehound seedlings,

the Parcel and Chamomile are holding their own.

The first row of cabbage we were able to weed before the rain began.

it needs to be gone through again, but look at the red cabbage, that

is what it would have looked like, 98% bindweed! *Grrrrr....*

Praise the Lord our apple trees are simply loaded! We need to can

sauce, pie filling and press cider if we have extra.

The backside of the root cellar, it's really filled in with a

variety of wild flowers this season.

This is a telephone pole next to our driveway. Over the past 6 yrs

we've rotated flower crops. This year we have Iris(light purple and

yellow), Petunias( pink and purple), a Maximilian Sunflower plant

and Day lilies and Tiger lilies.

View from half way up the drive, looking toward the barns and beyond

that the back pasture and then the river. You can really see the cellar

flowers in this photo.