Garden Visitors

Someone recently mentioned that they loved dragonflies. I saw this one sitting in pose this evening, so I took Pixie in, grabbed the camera, and he was still there, waiting to be shared with the world.

I looked out toward the garden - remember the sweet little garden from earlier in the spring? There was another friend posing - a very hungry friend.

It was coming along so nicely - two rows of green beans filled with blooms, cucumbers in bloom... and then one evening sitting on the porch I saw a deer run across the yard (not in pose - dashing away). The next day I went out and ALL the green beans were gone - nothing but stems left - see below next to the tomatoes. Cucumbers, too. Never heard that animals liked them...but they do! I have been getting a few squash - zucchini and yellow, and the tomatoes are there, just not ripe yet, as is the corn - some as tall as me, but no tassels yet - or maybe the deer ate that, too!

See the nice, red South Carolina soil? It has rained at least some every day since Saturday. That's great - don't have to use the well to water. Since the tomatoes are kind of light/white, they should be getting ripe soon. Yummy!

Gardening

This evening I'm sharing a few photos of a few blooms around the house and my veggie garden. It's actually a small garden, but more than I'll need so I can share the bounty.

The roses were just beginning to bloom when I snapped this shot on Mother's Day, May 13.

This is the first time my Spanish dogwood bloomed. I planted it two (?) years ago.

This is the season's first 'red' peony - it's really bright pink. There are several more buds ready to pop!

Today the roses are in full bloom - such a deep wine red, and look almost like velvet. Is this the Knockout rose I hear so much about?

Here's my little veggie garden with tomatoes on the right. There was a sprinkle of rain late yesterday, but you can see that it's time to get the soaker hoses in place for this SC red soil.

then two rows of green beans...

two rows of corn... and squash on the left,

and then there are cucumbers. The ones on the end were plants, but the little seeded ones have just about caught up!

A Look at the Garden

It's mid June, and there are tomatoes on the vine, and they need to be tied to the stakes. Everything else in the garden (cucumbers and zucchini) looks green and lush, but no fruits yet, yet a few blooms. The green beans never did come up. I have had a couple of peppers... The plum trees had only about 10 plums this year - frost killed most of the blooms. Last year my nectarine tree was LOADED, but nary a one this year. The fig bush seems to be doing very well, and with some recent rain maybe they will continue.