Sunny Sunday

... and then the rain came back.  But we did enjoy a dry day!  Two days of rain and then we're in for some summer days!  I got out and did some checking on our garden.  Umm.. the potatoes are taking over this big raised bed!  The peas and beans are climbing their lattice panel but the carrots and onions are buried under a heavy canopy of potato leaves.  But this was our experiment year and we are learning a lot.

The tomato plants are getting monstrous.  A few flowers.  No 'maters.

We have Zucchini success!  I will be keeping a beady eye on this.  Funny story is our whole garden adventure came to fruition because I wanted to grow our own zukes to make quick bread with.  So, a gazillion $$$ later, we have this.  :-)

See it down there?

And we have pea blossoms!

Young Dahlias, spinach and the zukes.

A wide angle shot of the two low raised beds and if you look carefully across the road you can see our delightful neighbor's lavender fields.  

Bates Lavender Farm - they have a great website and you can order there under "Shop".  They have some new products that I can't wait to try.  Be sure to tell them I sent you, I like to support small businesses.  They just posted this photo on their Facebook page, of course I love seeing our barn in the picture.  :-)

I am enjoying watching the flowers we planted grow and thrive.

We thoroughly enjoyed having a nice day.  We brought our folding chairs over to the salad garden and potted up the last of the flowers we had purchased. The blades on the windmill were spinning like crazy and I tried to capture the motion but it did not.

I get to select the flowers for each pot and Dayle plants them.  We have a system.  :-)

Our pot of Canterbury Bells is doing well.  Funny story is that Kristi saw a little plant coming up in the gravel by our barn and pulled it up to show me.. it still had it's roots on so I suggested she plant it in a pot on the deck.. and it was so happy that it comes back every year, bigger and better each time.  The other name for it is Campanula.

Lovely flowers.

Happily the Mock Orange is still blooming beautifully.

Oh how I enjoyed the blue sky.

The flowers smell and look like orange blossoms, hence the name.

Such floral joy.

I planted an Autumn Fern by the pond years ago and it also faithfully grows new fronds each year.  It's an unusual fern as the new growth is yellowish orange and as it matures they turn green.  

Fern love.  :-)

Then to the left of the Autumn Fern I planted this lovely Japanese Painted Fern.  It lives in harmony with the Hosta.

The leaves are so pretty with a silver tone and purple veining.

My grape colored Astilbe is ready to burst open in their fluffy, pretty spikes.

The Begonia "Bonfire" is looking to have a banner year.  The stalk is beefy and lots of new shoots coming up.  

The yellow Tuberous Begonia Kristi bought for Dayle.  Love it!

And so.. it's gray again.. but there is hope.  How is your weather going?  I hope it's good!  ((hugs)), Teresa :-)