A Seed Saver's Garden

[heirloomgal]

Well, progress report on the front yard mostly edible landscaping project. It's getting closer to where I want it to be, but still a work in progress. The perennial poppy & delph foliage is dreadful, but nothing I can do about that really. It's just the way it is if I'm going to rely on them for early/mid summer colour pop before the veggies get growing. That will always be an obstacle to overcome. It's actually a lot of fun this project, and I'm amazed at the number of sidewalk pedestrians that have told me they are enjoying it. Next up is - till weedy lawn and re-seed. ThenI'll be cooking with gas!

I should have more thoughtfully considered where I should plant the lettuce.

These collards have really thrown me. At first they were so nice, and then the cabbage moths started to pester them. I kept on top of it as best I could, watering all the time as well to not let them get drought stress. I started losing the bug battle as other parts of the garden got more demanding. So I decided to just let them go. No water, no manure, no bug checks. And today I saw this. Now that is weird. They're doing waaaay better with utter and complete neglect.

The 'Sonja' sunflowers are not cutting the mustard. Bleh. Gotta live with them now though, too late to pull them out. Maybe once they start branching out they'll look better.

Loving the look of these guys! Italian cooking tomatoes.

Lots of bees out there right now. Yeesh. Everywhere I go they're zooming.

Good things seem to be happening in the amaranth.