Gardening & Mud Pies

Oh the joy I feel digging in the dirt and making things pretty outside!

Last year all of the work in the herb bed really paid off as I have not had to put in the hours this year, but have beautiful herbs to look at! The lemon balm is taking over!

The thyme and oregano have exploded!

We put the garden in a few weeks ago. The little people wanted to plant corn and carrots from seed. We did it and we'll see how it turns out! I also put in tomato plants and red peppers!

Yesterday we planted all of the pots for the deck! Above are all flowers of different varieties... zinnias, asters, marigolds from seed, Gerber daisies, begonias & lavender.
Above are cherry tomatoes and 3 varieties of basil!
We planted lettuce seeds in the galvanized container to the right and the three little white pots have cucumber plants. I'm going the trellis route on those. Today we added impatiens to the last empty pot.

Here is the blueberry bush that HobbyHubby planted in early spring. It has only 5 blueberries!

And at last, we have two of my favorite little people making mud pies along with a variety of other dirty treats!!

HAPPY HOBBIES!

Growing Things!

I crammed way too much into these tiny spots, but I couldn't help myself. The kids don't exactly discourage me at the garden center either. I wanted to get a few hot pepper plants to try. The little people and I came home with 20 hot pepper plants, but only 5 different varieties. HA... So I overfilled the plot on the right and filled two large containers on the deck to fit them all. Check out the super hot Chile peppers below. Isn't that a lovely red? My husband can't wait to burn his mouth on those!

The plot to the left in the first picture is filled with tomatoes and various other bell pepper plants. I can already taste those peppers in Rachael Ray's Spicy Thia Chicken Recipe! "YUM-O" There again, I bought way more than I planned! Do you think there is such a thing as GARDEN CENTER TEMPTATION SYNDROME? Shall we label that GCTS?

I also couldn't resist (GCTS) the purchase of patio tomatoes which are happily growing on my deck! MMM... See those green guys... Can't wait until August!

I think my little people have GCTS too! Another day we went for a few plants for the deck and, VIOLA! We have 4 pots of gerbera daisies, 6 pots of basil (a good bug deterrent), a huge pot of begonias, 3 pots of gladiolas (these bulbs were planted so late), cilantro from seeds & marigolds from seeds! Oh yes, and don't forget the straw flowers!

These gerbera daisies sure are beautiful! At least GCTS is bringing joy to our summer senses!

Happy Hobbies!