wow - once again I'm shocked to see the seasons changing so quickly. this past summer there has been some glorious growth in our garden. we have enjoyed an endless amount of fragrant basil, ridiculously juicy and sweet baby tomatoes, kale, lettuce, zinnias, cosmos, my buzzing bee garden, raspberries, blueberries (we picked loads of blueberries at a local farm and froze them for the winter), strawberries (same as the blueberries - only we picked 200lbs of the ruby red fruit) and lots of yummy peaches. and now it is the perfect time of year for those crisp autumn apples!
hope your summer was lovely!

bee garden in the early stage - it looks a LOT better now :)

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fresh

glorious

stunning peonies and beach roses (in multiple hues) have bloomed in our garden.

flower power

Hello!

Yes, yes - YES it has been a long time since my last post. Nothing very exciting happened in the garden during the winter, seeing as the the ground was frozen. But now that the snow has melted and the plants are growing there is life (a lot of green)!

The crocuses came and went (lovely reminder that spring was here) and now the forthisia is in full bloom along with the gorgeous daffodils.

After the terrible ice storm (early December '08) we have TONS of debris and leaves to rack and pick up.

Today we planted a few raspberry bushes, yummy! Soon we will plant our flowers and vegetables. I've decided to plant a small garden for our bees. Bees pollinate our plants making our flowers and veggies so much stronger. We need to help the bees by providing them with plants that they love such as:

a. white boltonia
b. jupiter's beard
c. zagreb tickseed
d. catmint
e. shasta daisy
f. michaelmas daisy
g. siberian iris
h. snowdrop
i. blue jacket hyacinth
j. lily-flowered tulip
k. fortissimo daffodil

go and get your hands dirty - plant!

happy spring! happy almost may day! happy almost summer! and happy almost STRAWBERRY season!!
xoxo