Lest you thought I would leave you with a screed about what is wrong with America, this Fourth of July, here is the latest from my garden :)
Early this year:
My antique tea rose.
This little viola, similar to one we sold @ uber garden center, just showed up this year.
Boulevard flowers. A native, the name escapes me.
Hops next to a morning glory, ready to climb the garage.
The onions that stood so tall in a previous pic.
Blue Flag
Big Lobelia
More blue flag
Spiderwort
A new species I'm tentatively calling Scopopalomien duncansonia. lol A cross, I think, between bittersweet nightshade and a potato.
Draining the pond
Filling it back up again. Lily pads on the ledge
More blue flag, with the neighbors pergola I built.
Progress.
Potato, bittersweet nightshade, carex, virgins bower clematis, sandaled feet.
Unknown flowers sprouting in the driveway
Potato flower, spiderwort, evening primrose and a bit of sage
Strawberries. About 12-14 quarts this year, total. Some of them brewing with wild strawberries, elderberry flower tea, sprigs of absinthia, rhubarb and some mead.
Bergamot, w/frontenac grape starts, onions, corn, potato, a pile of morning glory, and some kind of lily at the base of the absinthe @ the lower left.
Poppy above, wild strawberry with joe pye and yarrow below
Boltonia meadow
Familiarize yourself:potato, bean, summer squash, corn
The three most beautiful things to me, in my garden, are the blue flag @ peak, the hazlenut in the fall, and the elderberry in flower
Sunflower, w/borage, cosmos, California poppy.
Penstemon.
Peas
The view from the patio.
Carrot flower
The garden at peace.
Sunflower
Happy Birthday America. Happy 40th Birthday, me :)
Excellent stuff!
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday WHD
Thanks Hepp!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Dude!
ReplyDeleteSo when are we getting a WHD's Urban Gardening Tips Video?
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Your garden is an inspiration to me William. Very beautiful place.
ReplyDeleteOn another note, I tried that "Elder Betty" from magic hat and wasn't impressed. Which is true for most of what they brew. I prefer New Belgium if I'm drinkin' mass produced "craft" beer. Doesn't get much better than Ranger IMO, but I'm a hop head so...
I'll tell you one thing. I'd love to hang out in your garden one day.
oh, and happy birtday
ReplyDeleteWow! You've worked wonders. Bravo and happy b-day from a Nordeaster.
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ReplyDeleteYeah, I've been thinking about both garden tours, and how-to vids.
LD,
All that hops has burned out your taste buds, methinks :) LOL I like Magic Hat more than I like New Belgium, but maybe not as much as Deschutes, if we are talking mass produced.
Well, maybe if this house doesn't sell, and I get a real job, and you and the family are up for traveling...or, you know, maybe we'll figure out how to do what I've done to 100 acres somewhere, together.
Hey Nordeaster - Pete Moss
Thanks!
I think I would rather have read your screed on what's wrong with America... Not undermining your vegetation... I am very aware of the work it takes to do what you have achieved... Wish I could post a pic of my special herb garden...
ReplyDeleteKeep writing - I do enjoy your work...
Nice work William!
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