Garden update!
The red elderberries are almost ripe! they are just gorgeous! already the flickers are beginning to light on the branches… in a few days, the trees will grow wings and take flight. And then the foliage will be visible again!
The ceanothus plant right next to them is just lovely! a lovely grapy-purply-blue. And the dahlias finally have buds on them. The rose from my parents’ house is settling in nicely, though I still need (and want) to weed that bed also.
I did manage to plant the cukes and most of the 18 tomatoes we bought on Sunday, still need to figure out where I want to put the squash and pumpkins! And of course the onions are doing well, though getting a bit crowded by some over-vigorous blackberries and such. I am not sure how much of the garlic has survived… hope most of it did. I really would like fresh for some of our cooking!
The chestnuts are just covered in flowers — never knew what they looked like before, but the are interesting. Not as flashy as some nut trees, but fun. The absence of the one peach tree is noticeable to me, but I don’t think it’s bothering the boys or T. The nectarine appears to be recovering! Keep your fingers crossed!
The invasive groundcover still needs to be pulled and is about to overtake that entire part of the yard. I am so disgusted. Maybe I can get out there later today and knock it back a little.
And the pretty flowers around the yard. We still have a few iris, and some of the other flowers are beginning to bloom. Another few weeks and we’ll have a whole new set of blooms to discuss.
The weather has been more seasonable — a bit more humid than I like, but not overly warm, and somewhat overcast the last few days which is nice. The raspberries and strawberries are starting to ripen — a bit more sunshine would sweeten them up.
And that’s the garden update for the moment! May all your beds be loamy and deep!