Couple garden pics.
Remnants of my compost pile. It's funny how it turned out; I pulled all the raspberry canes from my garden years ago when I realized they weren't productive enough to take up the space. Not thinking, I threw them on the compost pile. The ninebark seemed to die from wet feet in the spring thaw, that went in there too. All the weeds. And all these years later their remains live on. The canes slithered to the side of the pile and FINALLY became really productive (the best variety survived it seems), the ninebark came back to life on dry land. And unwanted plants, like yellow loosestrife and wild iris, are adding a touch of colour amid an ocean of green bush at the back of the garden now.
Tzimbalo flowering. Hope it makes fruits, I'd like to see what they taste like.
I think I've planted this little pink perennial half a dozen times over the years. It never comes back, if it even makes it through the summer. But I finally have found a spot where it survived the winter, and came back 5X the size it was last year.
The Money Plant is...full of money! lol
'Zagadka Dolinyi Roz' or 'Mystery of Rose Valley' sauce tomato actually has some fruit on it. I'd call that pretty early for a cooking type. And the transplant was tiny when I put it in 3 weeks ago.
'Red Fox Carlin' pea is turning out to be an interesting one. Not the type of foliage I was expecting, clearly has some hyper tendrils.
The package of Fingerprint Favas I ordered in spring had a measly 10 seeds. Only 8 sprouted. So, it's going to be a teeny harvest of favas this year and I'll need to regrow them to get any decent amount. Plus, they don't all express fingerprints so I'm hoping I get at least a good percentage. I'll say this, we're on our second week
of temps of about 90 F (not back to back though) and they have stood up really well to the heat. They were wilting at first exposure to that heat, but now they stay turgid all day. Shade hits them about 4. Given my hungry roaming bear, I've lightly caged them up to be a little less eatable.
'Bill Jump' peas from
@Zeedman , first time trying these. I like the colour of the dry peas.
The 'Shu' peppers from
@Jack Holloway seem to have quite a diminutive habit, and each plant has a different degree of variegation. I've been plucking flowers like crazy but am on the verge of giving up, since they are such tiny plants thus far I'm not sure they'll gain the typical size of pepper plants.
Ahhhhhh....one of my favorite *sightings* in the garden. A kid out there raking debris and picking weeds without being asked. Clandestine photo.
). One of the most unexpected side effects is that we have hummingbirds and other small birds perching on or flitting about the branches, so if we are still we are able to watch them from up close. I made a second small 'forest' out in the garden, and may just try using those 8' tall branches as a trellis for pickling cucumbers, or as tomato poles.
