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Garden Update

The garden is looking fantastic!!!  I can't wait to start getting some of the fruits of our labor.  But for now it looks beautiful.


Some of the veggies we're looking forward to - zucchini and yellow squash:

Tomatoes
Radishes (these should be ready soon)
Strawberries

And a fig tree in the corner


We also have some cucumbers and beans.  The flowers and other plants in the front yard are doing very well too!  The deer usually eat my day lilies, so since we've moved into the house, I've never had a decent crop of flowers.  This time, I sprayed them with deer off stuff at just the right time and it seems to be working.


Here's the flowering bushes in our front beds

And we planted topiaries in the planters by the front door this spring


Hope everyone is enjoying the beginning of summer!

Comments

cat said…
Wow, looks great!
YUM!

Our day lilies are super hardy, but the only thing else that grows consistently is our herbs.

We haven't planted yet. Oops! Maybe this weekend?
Mandy said…
I love it!

Looks soo much more put together then the hodge podge of plants we're growing. Is the netting for deer? We're running into a bunny and I believe ant problem. I love the bunnies that live under the shed, I'd just like them to find dinner elsewhere!
Heather said…
Note for all, the low stone wall is to keep out bunnies and groundhogs. The netting is for the deer. We are in the country, even though we are in a neighborhood that looks pretty suburban. So there are lots and lots of critters where we are.
Wife, Then Mama said…
Your garden looks wonderful! I am hoping to have a garden once I move, but it will probably have to wait until next year... Hope mine looks half as pretty as yours!

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