Garden 2020 - First Half of September

 The first half of September brings beautiful dry sunny days.  We can spend a lot of time enjoying sitting in the gardens.

In the front yard, the calendula is taking over!  The zinnias are putting forth a valiant effort, to the delight of the Monarch butterfly.

In the back yard, the zinnias dwarf the sundial.

The bumblebees enjoy the zinnias, too.

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We have flowers all over!  This bouquet is in the computer room.

This decorates the bathroom sink:

The tomatoes are seriously ramping up!

This one is trying to increase our harvest weight.

24.83 ounces!

Three have been productive this year.

The three tomatoes shown here are Azoychka, Cherokee Purple, and Bloody Butcher (we think).

We picked 135 pounds of tomatoes in August.  By the 15th of September, we have picked 57 pounds.

This year's experiment was brugmansia.

It was not expected to bloom this first year.  Here is a tiny bud.

A larger bud on the same plant.

And a lovely flower.  

This plant is often confused with Datura.

The Datura flowers point up, and the brugmansia point down.

We found this celosia at a farm stand on an end-of-seedlings sale.

It took a while to get moving, but it is lovely in the sun.

And the dahlias have been so delightful.

To see other garden pics:

This page.

Second Half of August

First half of August.

2nd half of July.

First half of July garden.

Garden at the End of June

And the first half of June is here.

You can see the end of May, 2020, here.

Here is the first week of May

Daffodils 2020

The middle of April is here.

First week of April.