We've been in our home for four years today. She's looking more lovely now than she did four years ago, inside and out. The day lilies, poppies and iris' that were planted that first summer are now well established and lush. In fact, the iris' will need to be thinned next fall.
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June 2009
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June 2013
Hello, color! |
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June 2013
Busy with bees and smelling wonderful. |
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| 'Safari Sunset' iris |
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| 'Peace' rose |
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| 'Ebb Tide' rose |
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| Day lilies line the front fence. |
The backyard is mostly full of edibles now. In addition to the vegetable and herb garden, which are growing nicely, the raspberry bushes (red and black) are just a couple weeks away from being heavy with fruit.
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| Raised strawberry bed, vegetable bed, and herb garden |
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| Soon-to-be Tomato City |
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| Red raspberry bush |
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| Black raspberry canes |
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| Soon-to-be black raspberries |
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Radishes
We've already enjoyed several of these in salads. Spinach, too!
Radish butter to be made soon. |
The corn plants are well on their way to being knee high by the forth of July. Several beans planted at the base of the corn plants have sprouted, as have the squash seeds that were planted at the perimeter of the corn "field".
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| Carl's Glass Gems corn |
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| Brockton Horticultural bean |
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| Hidatsa Red Indian bean |
Strawberries will be blushing shortly and garlic, oh, sweet, garlic! Hopefully, the garlic harvest is just over one month from now. I can hardly wait to be cooking with and eating freshly grown garlic again! I believe that if we were to buy a farm, we'd be garlic farmers.
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Strawberries
pie, jam, muffins, bread, ice cream... |
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| Garlic! |
We began the process for our patio installation today by scheduling a date for the install. We're thrilled about this latest upcoming home improvement and will be sure to document its installation.
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The patio will meet the edge of the driveway, replacing the cement pad outside the back door,
and extend to meet the corner of the garage. The patio will run along the edge of the herb garden,
almost to the fence, and cover the area where the table rests.
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| 'Blueberry Bliss' iris |
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| Wish you could smell this beauty. |
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| FIRE! |
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| "Redbud Hill" |
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| Redbud's heart shaped leaves |
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| Heirloom poppies (L-R: 'Lauren's Grape' and 'Imperial Pink') |
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| An heirloom poppy ('Lauren's Grape') nearly ready to bloom! |
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Home, SWEET, Home.
