pests

cutworms! i think!

evidence

country mouse

look! my cherry tomato is going to flower!

what i'm growin for double O 7

this year's menu...

**vegetables**
beans: royal burgundy, butterbean edamame
peas: regular(?) and snow (oregon sugar pod II)
lettuce: mild salad mix (red and green, arugula, red russian kale, mizuna, beet)
carrots: nantes coreless
zucchini: costata romanesca
tomatoes: peacevine cherry, green zebra, romana, sub-arctic
peppers: purple beauty, sweet banana, bell red
spinach: bloomsdale long standing (last year's seeds - kind of spotty)
onions: dutch sets
cucumber: sweet slice... might buy some plants too
squash: waltham butternut
eggplant: black beauty, little fingers
chard: ruby red

**herbs**
sweet basil
dill
lavender
cilantro
nasturtium

came back from 2006:
rosemary
oregano
mint, chocolate and spearmint
lemon balm
chives
parsley
note: fever few didn't make it

**flowers**
mixed annuals and perennials with special attention to..
marigold: cracker jack, dwarf
cosmo: early sensation (pink/white), polidor (red/oranges)
pansy: swiss giants mixed
sunflower: ornamental mixed
periwinkle: variegated, purple
poppy: ornamental 'brilliant' (red)
dahlia: stargazer mix
morning glory: mixed colours

came back:
daffodils
tulips
hyacinths
hollyhocks
white mystery weed that i like
mountain bluet

**other**
raspberries
strawberries
rhubarb
lamb's ear

note: radishes were stolen! skunks i think.

les fleurs

gee may zipped by. with work, night classes, band practices and summertime socializing (oh, and rainy days), feel like i haven't had enough time in the dirt. however, a few gardening-intensive sundays throughout the month were enough for some cool stuff to happen...

first, gaze upon zee beautiful flowers...

violas


mountain bluet (centaurea)


mountain bluet close up


periwinkle


gee, i like purple huh.

mystery bush o thorns and pink flowers (with friend)


the raspberries are in bloom too. brings in lots of bee buzz. pollination oh yeahh.