It's been awhile but here Is one from today.

So pretty, rossnagl and Faith! I'm still new to the Houzz app but here's my first attempt at sharing pics from my phone.

Species tulips NOID:

Grape hyacinth:

Chives:

Strawberries "Laramie":

Salvia "May Night" with some common nettles in the background:

Spirea "Blue Knight":

Dragon's blood sedum:

Raspberries "Heritage":

Sweet woodruff:

Butterfly bush ("Miss Ruby", I think. Can't recall at the moment.):

There's a few more pics, but I think I'll stop there for now. I'm soooo relieved we're finally getting some cooler/wetter weather! :)

Happy gardening,

L

Is it okay if I show you some bare soil? Oh, there's some dandelion roots that the tractor guy didn't kill, some annual weeds with seed leaves and I just saw some onion sets breaking the surface, today!

This is the big veggie garden. There is about 50% more to the near garden and all that beyond the sprinkler pipe is not mine. That garden extension is 60' wide and I use half of it; there will be a sprinkler line laid out before long and it will divide it into 2 30' by 200' areas. You can see the disturbed soil. About the furthest scratchings is where chard and turnip greens were sown today.

Nearer the camera, it's about 75' by 50' but the full width of the 50' isn't shown. Also, the flower corner is missing -- this nearer garden is in the shape of an L. Well, let's see ... from where I'm standing with the camera: ꓶ shaped and then the extension is I. In a few more weeks, maybe it will be green!

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digitSteve

Wow Steve, that is some serious garden square footage! What do you do with all those veggies?

(My mirror image capital L disappeared! It must not be supported by Houzz ... or, maybe it's this tablet.)

Surplus goes to a farmers' market, Faith.

Right now, it looks like only gravel appears in surplus.

There is some okay soil in the mix and we are very lucky that along with so many hundred feet of this glacial till that there is a substantial aquifer in this valley.

Steve

I get worn out just thinking about that much garden, Digit! Haha. But seriously, I'm impressed. :)

Gardening should be "aspirational."

A measure of success as common as weeds ...

And, a personal decision on what is the reward.

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Steve, I'm guessing that you don't grow many carrots with all those rocks. Though it's probably mineral rich soil.

Getting the vegetable beds ready for the big plant out.

The other side of the yard. Grapevine, pear tree, asparagus bed and more.

The little shade garden.

Part of the front yard. Snow pear tree, oregano, walking onions, spinach, lettuce, remains of a compost pile, lovage and more.

Carrots? (They are a "bone of contention" between DW & me. ;o)

DW likes looong straight carrots such as one often find at the soopermarket. I can grow short, dumpy carrots. I can grow the little, dinky varieties that we have come to think of as "baby" carrots. I may have problems with either of these but most will be okay.

I've never even tried to grow carrots in this garden and most other places are nearly as rocky, just "pea gravelly" by some definition or other. It is disappointing to me that this year I won't be bothering with either carrots or parsnips. DW suggested that we take the 3/8" screen out to clear rocks from a bed. I think she realized how brutally difficult that would be as soon as she said it.

Steve

This is my other garden in Westminster. Coming along pretty good converting from grass. Lots of small seedlings taking off that can't be seen in this picture. Garlic is looking good.

Well, here is my lupine from a few days ago; I'm sure that the heavy snow we're getting right now will break the stalks. i did go out and cut a bunch when I was out trying to cover up my tender plants. I started about 30 or 40 lupine seedlings last year but only about ten of them came back this year, so it's nice to have a few that are really robust.

gjcore -- Nice patch of garlic you got going there! I keep meaning to plant some every fall, but that season is sooo busy that I forget every time.

Faith -- Those are some mega-lupines. Wow. What variety are they?