The Garden Despite the Drought

I decided to try out my iphone "Camera Awesome" app for photographing my garden. It seemed so wonderful when I downloaded it. And it was fun to play with the filters, etc. But I really think I like my "real" camera's photos, plus Photoshop.

basil

coneflower

gayfeather

zucchini, eggplant, banana pepper, poblanoes, jalapenos

phlox

The Last Day of My July Garden

Flowers in Bloom

poppies

daisies and rhubarb

false indigo

iris

iris

lupine

peony

peony

peony

not sure what

Three Herbs that Smell So Good to Me

I love the smell of herbs, crushed between my  fingers or as I'm watering my garden, hit with water that releases their smell. I also love the smell of basil, but mostly the taste of it. And every other herb.

Rosemary in a pot on my deck.

 
Cilantro forming seed berries.

 

And a bonus guest appearance by sweet smelling lavender. And that is thyme in the picture above but I can't get blogger to let me add that text. grrrr.

A Look Into the Edge of the Flower Garden

So...you be the judge.  Zucchini leaves or rhubarb leaves? Which is which? Can you tell?  For the last two years I have planted three zucchini seeds at the flamingo corner of the garden, thinning it to one plant. And for the last two years I have tried to cut down, do away with the rhubarb plant. But it still springs up no matter what I do. So, obviously, the zucchini plant is the top photo. And of course the evil rhubarb plant is the photo on the bottom.  I like zucchini. I hate rhubarb.

I Love My Garden

The yellow beans that were supposed to be "bush beans" are growing very tall and twining up on the chickenwire fence. I picked a whole big colander of them today.  I guess I should either blanche and freeze them or "pickle" them...as Byron suggested.

I don't understand why these pictures are getting cut off when I look at them in the preview of this. Oh well, click on them to see the whole picture.

Some Early July Flower Garden Pictures

             From top to bottom: Cone flowers and Cilantro   Daisies and Phlox  Back of the Garden

             Byron and Fourth of July Garden   Back Porch Sunflowers