Cottage Vegetable Garden

After returning from a week at the cabin, we found our vegetable garden had exploded. We've had a garden for the past eight years but it has never looked like this in early July!

 It now looks more like it usually does mid-August. But trust me, I am not complaining.

I wonder why though? Less rain? Hot temperatures? On our  ride home just the other day, the temperature on my rear-view mirror said 111 degrees!

I like to think maybe the Gardening Gods are just shining down on us this year.

Here are all the vegetables/fruits we have planted. Sorry for going a little photo crazy, I just love my plants!

Corn

Cucumbers

Grape Tomatoes

Beefsteak Tomatoes

Bell Peppers

Cherry Peppers

Jalepeno Peppers

Squash

Basil

Eggplant

String Beans

Watermelon

How are your gardens growing? I hope you are enoying just as much success as we are this year.

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Hydrangea Happy

Four summers ago, when the girls were born we planted two trees in our garden to commemorate their birth. While we were at the nursery, I also purchased the hydrangea I had been wanting for quite some time. It's blooms were always beautiful but not plentiful enough for me to cut to bring some inside. Finally, there are tons of blooms this year and I have gone a little "Hydrangea Happy!"  I am putting them everywhere...

...The Dining Room

...The Fireplace Mantel

...The Office

...and there are still more than enough left in the garden.

Have a lovely weekend,


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Lavender Love

The other evening just before sunset, I was able to steal a couple of rare, quiet moments watching a bee flit from lavender blossom to lavender blossom. The little guy even allowed me to take his portrait, although he refused to sit still...too busy to steal a couple quiet moments for himself  I suppose.

The lavender swayed in the breeze and the smell was intoxicating.

So I clipped a few to savor inside.

I think the smell is even better inside the kitchen.

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Cottage Garden: Blooming Now

Just a few photos of what is blooming now in the cottage's flower garden .

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Hope you are enjoying your week..