A Day in the Garden

Spent the afternoon in the garden yesterday, taking pictures with the new camera I received for my birthday. It is a Canon PowerShot A3100 and am I ever smitten! It takes really lovely photographs and handles very well. Here are some nice shots of the Potager and Flower Gardens and how it stands as of this week. I am thankful for all of the sunshine and nice weather we've been having which is finally ripening our tomatoes!

Francine and Valentina enjoy the sun.

Volunteer Cherry Tomatoes are candy on the vine!

Francine enjoys them too!

These garden spiders are everywhere in the yard.

'Yellow Pear' Tomatoes shine in the sun.

'Blue Azure' Sweet Pea pods.

Calendula

'Willamette' Tomatoes have a good flavour.

The Zucchini haul has been disappointing for this year. Not enough sun perhaps?

Rainbow Chard provides a beautiful accent.

Pickling Cucumbers

Limes

Shelling Beans. This variety is 'Rattlesnake'.

French Filet Beans.

More Cucumbers!

These are English 'Telegraph' Cucumbers

More beans

Beet Greens

'Musselburgh' Leeks

'Mr. Stripey' Tomatoes

Purple Peppers!

'Italian Roaster' Peppers. One of our favourite varieties.

'Jeanette' Passion Flower keeps blooming

We are finally getting Pumpkins. This one is a Rouge Vif-D'Etampes

'Hubbard' Squash

Yesterday's Tomato harvest

Golden Bell Pepper

Pablano Peppers..mmm...my fav!

Tiny Watermelon.

Sweet Peas

Dahlias!

Sunflowers Shining in the sun

Garlic Chive Blossoms

Pansies planted in February are still going strong

California Poppy

Volunteer Heartsease

Monkshood

Bearded Tongue

Clematis Bloom

Hyssop

Siouxsie explores

Maize Leaf

Volunteer Squash growing in the compost

Squash Bloom

We have corn!

Chard Leaf

Serrano Peppers

Woodland Violet

Cosmos

Dahlias...at last!

More Sunflowers

Feverfew

Roses

Siouxsie stretches...

Spearmint Blooms

Sassy beast!

Limes!