I am embarrassed to tell you...

that I spent five years trying to kill this:



But you have to cut me some slack, in that I did not know what it was! To me, it was just greenery with thorns, big ouchie thorns. Then one spring a couple of years ago I didn't get out there early enough to begin my annual chopping and pulling of it, and a few flowers bloomed. Last year, a few more, and this year, it's getting better! Oh, and according to my Mom, it's Flowering Quince.

First asparagus of the season!

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood...

Ah, spring. Time for wearing the new gardening clogs:



and daffodils:



We're worried about one of our rhododendrons (rhododendra?). Here is the healthy one:



and the not so healthy one:



We might need to take it down. :-(

Last harvest!

Our last harvest includes peppers, tomatoes, string beans, and potatoes...



Happy Autumn!

Chill in the air...

Yesterday it was 85 degrees, but now I can feel a chill in the air.

Here's what I picked in the garden this morning. Before:



After (in my new bowl!):



Sedum is blooming. Can you see the two little creatures in this shot? (Click through to Flickr if you want to see where/what they are)



I hope this little sedum survives this winter, I do love it so.



Late summer rose is stunning.



Hydrangea with fall colors.



And September strawberries!

Color, but not flowers

Beautiful day out today, did some "harvesting" in our garden:



Steve dug the onions a couple of weeks ago:



Happy weekend!

I wonder...

if around town we are known as the crazy house with all the sunflowers?



Well hello there, oxalis! I didn't plant you there!



So, Forget-Me-Not is usually a spring plant, right? Well, not when you get the seeds in the ground really late. :-)



The canna is blooming! The canna is blooming! I'm hoping for a few more...



I love how the alyssum flowers are different colors. I never noticed that before.



I guess our "everbearing" strawberries really are!