I like to garden, both flowers and vegetables. I am not a pro at either! But I love learning new things each year - what works and what doesn't work for our home.
Last year I planted way too many veggies in our garden (tomatoes, peppers, broccoli, brussel sprouts, basil, and rosemary). The broccoli and brussel sprouts were a bust - everything else was yummy!
This year I stuck with just the tomatoes and peppers. Something from last year came back, though. I left it to grow. So far it looks like nothing I planted last year. Weird.
As for flowers, I have an assortment of annuals (snapdragons, zinnias, pansies, lobelia) and perennials (roses, phlox, tulips, etc.), some of which were here at the house when we bought it. Such as this lovely flower:
There are also raspberries and grapes from previous owners. Oh, I can't wait for the raspberries to ripen. They are the best right after picking or on some yogurt and oats in the morning.
Something new for this year is an herb garden. A few small sprouts are emerging from the seeds I planted 3 weeks ago. It's a smaller garden so I stuck to horehound, oregano, and thyme. All should be hardy perennials here in Colorado unlike the rosemary and basil. Eventually I will expand it, maybe by an herb or two a year. Suggestions appreciated!
Fresh, delicious tomatoes from the garden. I have picked (and eaten) too many to count!
Three tomatoes plants with parsley interspersed. The one pepper plant is being overrun by these 3 beauties.
Hot banana peppers -we are going to pick the larger one today. We had much success with using a pot for these this year! Next year this is all we will use for peppers.
Our herb garden is coming along. No horehound sprouted. The oregano and thyme are doing good though. We will dry some of both for soups and spaghetti this fall/winter.
