June 12, 2009

Mike and I love to garden, and now that we live in a house with a yard, that means finally having a for-real garden, with perennials, and earthworms, and all that you can't have on a tiny apartment balcony. We're starting late, mid-June, because we've just moved in, but I think it's going to be a good growing season. I've started a few pots of flowers,

as well as a pumpkin, acorn squash, and cantaloupe, planted right in the grass between our random rhubarb and daylily patch in the backyard.

The most exciting new garden addition is the amazing, sturdy new planter Mike built for vegetables.

It's true that we're more dig-in-the-ground kind of people, but this was our best full-sun option for a vegetable garden, and it looks great. I hope those tomatoes and zucchini get a lot bigger soon!

I'm also very excited about all the established perennials we have in our new yard, like this pretty arrangement of hostas,

and a beautiful bleeding heart,

although I'm less crazy about the "polite" patch of perennials planted out front.

Seriously, the irises were pretty while they bloomed, but we need some more flowers, and the daylilies have got to go! This little garden is getting a major overhaul as soon as the house gets its new siding next week.

Most of all, I dearly hope that deep-shade lovers will be able to adapt to the front of the house, where hardly a glimmer of sunshine gets through our maple tree.

I think you'll agree that space needs more than a little sprucing up.

If only I wasn't starting work on Monday, I'd garden all day, every day!