Scenes from the Garden

Marigolds are lovely this time of year. Though, I do have one plant that hasn't bloomed at all.

Volunteer tomatoes are ripening nicely. This is the variety you see in the supermarket that's sold on the stems.

Volunteer cantaloupe is almost ripe.

Another volunteer cantaloupe that's much smaller. Don't know if it will ripen.

With all the rain there are lots of toadstools through the garden.

Chicken wire has kept the groundhog at bay so these could flower.

Miss Amelia day lily that I planted this summer. Of the three plants this is the only one to bloom.

Coleus looks lovely now with all the rain.

False dragonhead in bloom.

Another toadstool variety.

Goldfish think I will feed them.

A surprise flowering in the pond.

The largest tomato so far and probably for the year.

Arugula, spinach and mesculun (to the left) have sprouted.

My Morning View

When we designed this house we never really gave a thought of what we would see outside our bedroom window. The original plans called for a patio out there, but we soon realized that wasn't where we would want to sit to entertain. Instead I put in the perennial garden laid out like a compass rose. Now I wake up and look out on the garden to see what has decided to bloom. It is delightful.
The perennial garden is starting it's 4th summer. It's got a ways to go before its the lush garden I envision. But I have to admit it's come a long way from what it was in 2006.

New Faces in the Garden

On our trip to Vermont last week we walked through a statuary lot. I've been looking for some statues to add to the garden but didn't know what I wanted. There was a little boy reading a book and some other children and I had my theme. What we didn't have with us was money since we were on a walk. We said we'd come back the next day. We didn't. It was pouring rain that day, and on reconsidering realized we didn't need to bring back heavy concrete statues that we could find at home.

I searched the internet and yellow pages for similar businesses here in Maryland and couldn't find a one. On a whim I stopped in at Home Goods in Columbia and found they had an assortment of statues though not concrete. These are made of resin so I hope they last.

Here they are:


I also purchased this tower and a clematis to climb it. I hope the plant likes the spot.

Now all I need is for things to grow to see how it all works out.