Well, that's explains it!

In case we ever wonder why there don't seem to be as many tomatoes coming into the house as it seems there should be...

...it just might be a matter of the crew!

Uncle!

We don't stand a chance against this monster of a pumpkin!!!

For that matter, neither do the tomatoes, the corn, or the rhubarb!

Cottonwood Garden

The garden by the cottonwood usually has it's peak when the white lilies and the globe thistles are blooming, so this year it was an enjoyable surprise to come out weeks after the lilies were done and find this:

The balloon flowers are finally established enough that they put on a decent show, the globe thistles are still blooming, and I've got two different kinds of garden phlox blooming in a medium pink and a bright fuschia that balance out the composition. Gardens are always full of surprises.

Growing, growing, growing

The giant sunflowers are living up to their name! They're twice as tall as the little girls!

The late tomatoes are starting to take off - not nearly as big as the ones we planted earlier in the season, but we'll get tomatoes from them, I'm guessing, before the summer's over! This is the little rock-pile wall that Owen built for us at the edge where the rhubarb grows. We had to co-opt the space to the west of it for the tomatoes because the regular garden is out of room!

The vertical pumpkin growing is a great idea, but would work better if we only had one plant on each trellis! Our winter squash are doing fine, but these pumpkins are taking over. I'm beginning to hope they reach far enough back to climb up the pine tree!

This is looking to the east from the other side of the co-opted tomato space. You can see the corn through the trellis, and on the far left of the photo, the south side of the vertical pumpkins.

One of our zucchini patches. Four clusters here and three in the other location. Curious to see how many pounds of food these babies put out this year!

And this is a view into one of our fenced-in areas. Beets in the front, and some bush beans that got planted late. Middle is lettuce, zinnias (just to be pretty!) and carrots, and in the back, just visible, a hydrangea, more beets, and a cabbage.

Zinnias are such boisterously exuberant flowers!

 

The largest cluster of Roma tomatoes. Lots of fruit; none ripe yet.

Yummy!

Can you believe all of this comes out of our yard? What bounty!

(Raspberries, blueberries, chocolate mint, pie cherries)

And from a few days earlier...

July 1st veggie panorama