Summer garden survey
I recently did a summer garden photo survey. Not super-fancy photos, mostly just to help keep a record of what we've got going in the yard. It's been helpful to track the edibles we've grown as well as keep on track with the backyard project
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The sunflower is a one-off. Over the last couple of years, none of the sunflowers we plant sprout, as the birds & critters get the seeds, and it's hard to start plants in the house because of the cats. The flowers we do get are birdseed that gets dropped and manages to escape the juncos & mice. This year, that's the only sunflower we have. (psst - it's also barely four feet tall. it just looks impressive against everything else!)
The orange raspberries aren't goldens - they're Creeping Raspberry. The red ones (not sure if there's a picture of them or not) are from a dwarf, thornless bush I only started seeing this year. The handful of fruit I've had from it has been really good, with a slight vanilla undertone. I haven't grown other kinds because I'm not interested in dealing with the thorns or cutting back the canes. But man, I *love* raspberries. Never enough raspberries in the world!
Of course, the cascading bird bath with the green bowls? The motor died last week. I'm hoping later this month we can find someone to either fix it or rig up a replacement for cheap. In the meantime, we'll keep filling it so at least there's water available, even if it isn't moving.
If you want some help finding ideas for growing under drier conditions, let me know and I'll see what I can come up with.
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