Greens of Summer
My meadow is a purchased mix of low-growing clover and grasses with a sprinkling of English Daisy, Baby Blue Eyes, and Sweet Alyssum. I may add a few more wild flower seeds next year. If we mow often, the flowers don't get a chance to bloom fully. But we do so because weeds blow in that we don't want going to seed.
The meadow gradually slopes to the vineyard. But otherwise, my lot makes a slightly steeper incline. These are steps down to the greenhouse, the fire pit, and eventually the grapes.
I love a woodland garden, so I took advantage of the shade under these firs. It's seen from the top of the steps above. It needs a couple more years to be full and lush with a well-defined path.
This is my first foray into vegetable gardening. I've learned many things, along with some successes and failures. My tomatoes look good, but I'll probably pick them ahead of ripening so the 'critters' don't get them first. Every strawberry has been nibbled as it starts to ripen, so I'll have to come up with screening of some kind next year. I had some heavily laden blueberry bushes, that got attacked by birds--again, more screening. I've decided to plant my shelling peas--which only grow a couple feet tall--in the raised beds instead of the ground-level beds for easier access. But my carrots and lettuces are coming along well, and I can't wait for my first home-grown salad!
One interesting development--a squash plant volunteer that spontaneously germinated in my compost heap. It must have been a seed that happened to land in a moist and fertile home this year. The type of squash will be a surprise. Whatever it is, it's much healthier and happier than the zucchini and pumpkin plants I bought.
And finally, grapes at The Folly at sunset.
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