After The Big Rainy Weekend - July 29th

 Welcome back to my garden once again.  Over the weekend we had a ton of rain and cool temperatures and it seems that the plants really liked it.  As you can see here the flowers have finally opened.

 On the bottom of the photo you can see the start of a tiny zucchini.  There are a few zucchinis on almost all of the plants.  I had better get my zucchini recipes ready because we are going to get a lot of them.

 To the right you can see how big the cabbage has gotten.  Maybe putting a cage around the plant wasn't the best idea.  I only did it to keep the animals away.

 After the rain the roses have fallen over.  I'm hoping once they dry out a a bit that they will stand up again.

 The mystery bean plants are doing amazing.  I can't wait to see what kind they will turn out to be.

I can never show enough photos of my hosta plant in bloom.  It's such a beautiful plant.

Well, that's all for now.  Till next time got out and plant something.

A Gardening Update - June 20th, 2015

 Welcome back to my garden.  I've had to take a small break from posting pictures since we've had so much rain and the garden got really muddy.

As you can see, our rose bush that took a big hit during the ice storm has come back full force.  It's not even in full bloom yet.  I had to cut it way back as there were a lot of dead parts.  It seems to be much healthier now.

 Here I've planted some beans that a neighbour gave us.  I have no idea what kind of beans they are.  He just said that they were broad beans.  I'll post a photo of them if we get any.

 Here we can see my happy Hosta plant in full bloom.  It's doubled in size from last year and is threatening to take over the entire front planter.  It's really pretty and I really don't mind.  Right next to it is a Variegated Hosta that is much smaller and not as hearty but is also in bloom.

 Here you can see that the cabbage is actually starting to look like an actual cabbage.  It's really interesting to see how fast it's growing.

 Here is my broccoli.  In the very centre you can see that the broccoli is just starting to form.  The plant has gotten much larger just this week.

 Here you can see 3 tiny green cherry tomatoes.  I'm not sure which variety they are as the tag has been washed away, but they look like they could possibly be Roma Tomatoes.

 Here are my cucumbers.  The plants are just starting to do much better.  We weren't sure that they were going to survive in the beginning.  Now there is a lot of new growth and all plants have started to thrive.

This plant was donated to me by another neighbour.  It was headed for the garbage but I rescued it at the last minute.  The neighbour was upset that in all the time that he had it, it never flowered once.  I do not know the name of the plant, but if any of my readers know, please feel free to message me and let me know.   After 8 years of growing, it has finally decided to flower.  Eventually when it opens up it will have beautiful white flowers.  It probably won't flower again for another few years.

Well, I hope you enjoyed the stroll through my garden.  If you have any comments or questions please feel free to message me.  I love to hear from my readers.

Backyard Visitor

Tonight as we were getting dinner ready our budgie bird was going crazy.  He saw that we had a visitor to our backyard.  Bugs here was busy eating the weeds in our yard.  Thankfully he was eating the weeds and not my garden.  I let him have some dinner before I chased him away.  I didn't want him to feel too comfortable back there.

 

Here is the garden after we've had some really heavy rain showers.  The plants have now almost tripled in size and are much healthier and stronger.  Even the peas have started to grow and the marigolds have come back to life.  Fingers crossed that the bunny stays away from my garden and continues to eat the weeds behind the shed.