A profusion of greenery

One last post of July garden images, and then I'll be caught up. As you can see, the garden was really in full bloom by mid-July, and a few plants, notably the bok choy and radishes, had already blossomed and gone to seed.

The Swiss chard and green lettuce did very well until August, when they finally gave up after a week of over 90 degree heat. I didn't spend too much time in the garden that week; just made sure to water daily and then headed back to cooler places.

The sunflowers didn't seem to mind the heat at all.

My veggie garden in April

I haven't had much time for garden visits this summer. Among other activities I've been busy with my community garden plot. So, to fill in the gaps, here are some pics of my vegetable garden as it appeared in April.

The view in mid-April shows that there wasn't much there but a compost bin and some dirt!

At that time there was also a resident Killdeer whose nest was next to one corner of the garden and who was very upset every time I tried to plant. She would fly into my garden and limp along, dragging one wing behind her to lead me away from her nest.