some of my gardens in the rain

[sky otter]

 

i hope you guys enjoy these plants in pics even half as much as i enjoy growing them
i am a firm believer in eatable landscaping as you will see..
the weather has been quite wierd this year so getting any blooms at all is a bonus
so far it seems the berries will be prolific..soooooooo jams and jellies will be made

everything is scented and from seed so you just have to smile as you walk around

EN~JOY

wild geranium (center)..flags/iris  and blue flax
the large branch going across is thornless blackberry



blue and pink columbines and a young dogwood left background
the 9 dogwoods i am especially fond of as they are from a older
dogwood i have in a front bulb garden and 3 yrs old now



lupines in a sea of day lilly foilage



i have a meditation bench under that evergreen that i can get to from
the other side of this flower mound



luv those rocks


yep..that's rhubarb in there..the big leaves..


large thornless blackberries are sooo bloomful..it makes your mouth water


new this year are yellow and red raspberries..i used leaf mold for the winter
and they are kinda sorta tossing out so many new shoots that i will
need to weed out and share a lot of them


while over in the kitchen garden are some chives, parsley and green oinions




oh yeah and some strawberries too//just starting to turn red..yum





hope you had fun with a small sampling of my plants

[Amaterasu]

I am SOOO envious!  Between a black thumb, and living on the floor in a friend's apartment, there is nowhere like this I could cultivate.

Oh NOOO! I'm turning GREEN!  (Except My thumbs...)

[Linda Brown]

Living in the upper desert we might get shade.... but we don't get green like this and I miss it so... Thank you for that treat.... I think that you have helped all of us...  Linda

[rdunk]

Well Linda, Sky says her location is "under a tree" to start with! So, I guess she has a little advantage to some.    But, If you really wanted to, there are several ways to do small garden stuf, including hanging baskets, pots, as with some of sky's strawberries, and with raised filled in very small garden areas. Assuming you can water, many garden plants do need full sun, which you must have plenty of. Don't know about "hot" tolerance of plants! Of course Linda, you probably know more about gardening than (wouldn't take much lol)

I had a neighbor once that had a small raised garden, inside cross-ties, maybe  8ft x8ft, or 10ft x 10ft. I could not believe how much fresh food came out of such a small place. He made much more than they could eat, and gave the excess to neighbors and friends - onions, tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, various peppers, etc.

Sky, thanks for the pics, fresh is always best, especially when it comes to berries. I love most all types, especially strawberries and blackberries. It is sad that it is so hard to find the really naturally sweet strawberries in the grocery stores now. Most of the commercial strawberries have been modified through "plant control" into mostly tasteless giants (tasteless as cmpared to the original small sweets).

Now Sky, if you have any good recipes for for us, out of your garden, or whereever, then you can post them for us in the  "Food and Drink "board  too!! 

[burntheships]

Sky,

Your garden is beautiful! I can see that you
have many hours of enjoyment. Gardening
can be hard work, yet I find it worth it especially
when its time to cook and eat!

Taking pics is a great idea, I started doing this
as a means of inspiration. Its hard to remember
just how beautiful things can be in the middle of
winter! 

[undo11]

eek that is beaUtiful!  i have the location for gardens like that but not the health to plant and maintain them.  i don't mind though cause i'm in florida and in the middle of the winter, i can eat oranges and tangerines, lemons, key limes and strawberries, and there are flowering trees and the grass is green, and the birds tweet etc la la la. 

p.s. organically grown rhubarb is the yummy.  so are wild raspberries.

[A51Watcher]

...p.s. organically grown rhubarb is the yummy.  so are wild raspberries.

Rhubarb pie with some strawberries mixed in. Yummmmmm! 

[sky otter]

i'm glad you guys enjoyed  the pics...and thanks for the kind comments

we are in the process of going from a large garden to small patches
around the house...i'll share some pics when i get them sorted into
before and now planted with veggies..lol

again..so glad you enjoyed the walk

[undo11]

i'm glad you guys enjoyed  the pics...and thanks for the kind comments

we are in the process of going from a large garden to small patches
around the house...i'll share some pics when i get them sorted into
before and now planted with veggies..lol

again..so glad you enjoyed the walk

are those irises in the top pick?
and do i see blue morning glories in another pic, or are they bluebells or what? 

[sky otter]

wild geranium (center)..flags/iris  and blue flax
the large branch going across is thornless blackberry


i don't have any morning glories...i have a ton of pics i took this morning too..
and i can get carried away with posting them..
but..i'm trying not to..lol

[undo11]

wild geranium (center)..flags/iris  and blue flax
the large branch going across is thornless blackberry


i don't have any morning glories...i have a ton of pics i took this morning too..
and i can get carried away with posting them..
but..i'm trying not to..lol

k well i don't want you to be abducted by your flowers, but i would enjoy seeing more pics of your flowers.

[burntheships]

Me too!

I love looking are garden pics! In fact, while I do have a fair
little garden growing, your rocks, and kitchen garden inspired me!

I have herbs, and they are just kind of lonely.
They need rocks! 

And, I realized that looking at your pictures.
Just what I needed, another project! But this one is going
to be fun, as I love collecting rocks, and now I have a good
excuse!

[sky otter]

 

well hey

share some of your gardens with us

bts..rocks,,you gotta have rocks..lol
i would luv to see your herbs
my kitchen garden was for herbs to start with
now a lot of the herbs are in with the flowers..

show me your gardens...