Latest Greatest Garden Updates

No matter what good plans I set to write more often. Something always gets in the say. Do I start all my posts with similar apologies?

I am really happy with my gardens. For just having been started this spring, they are filling in quite well. All of the following are in front of our house. Remember, when I started in April, there was nothing here but grass...

(Click on the photos to see larger, clearer images.)

The North Bed
West Side


Central Area


Southeast Corner



Complete Northern Bed


From the South (sunnier) Bed
Northwest Corner


Northern Half of the Bed


Northwest Corner, one of my favorites


North central


Center of the bed


West side of the South Bed


Southwest corner


Southern half of the South Bed


So that's it. I gave up trying to get one photo of the whole bed so you get it in pieces. I enjoy strolling through my "vast acreage" several times a day to see what's new. I'm never disappointed. Weeding is also easy when you weed as you go as it grows.

Hope you enjoyed this little tour. Next time, I'll show you the back veggie gardens.

A Free Giveaway from a Clever Artist

Here is a blog I just discovered today that has a Free Giveaway going. This gal is a talented multi-faceted artist and I like her work. This is such a clever way to spread the word about the her work and her blog.

Dew

What is so lovely as dew, always the same, always vastly different. Here are a few samples mostly from my veggie beds. Click on image for a better, larger view.

[Addition 7-17-09: This also qualifies as Blackswamp_Girl's Foliage Friday entry.]

A cabbage leaf:


Another cabbage leaf:


Billions and billions of droplets on grass:


Radishes:


And one from the flower bed, a Lady's Mantle: