My garden mid August

Such odd summer weather!

August should be hot and humid.

We have had cool and wet.

The veggie garden isn't doing as well as it should be, but I am still picking lots of tomatoes and beans. The carrots and onions are doing very well too. With the zucchini's a complete loss, and the peppers and cucumbers doing poorly I am already planning next years veggie garden.

What IS doing well is the backyard flower beds!

 

 Remember that 'Black Lace' Sambuccas that I had to cut back this spring and thought was dead?

 Look at it now ... as tall as it was before the winter!

Isn't nature amazing?

Sharing this post with Tootsie for Fertilizer Friday

Blooms!

A little color in an endless sea of white snow

Beautiful, and exactly the color a winter weary gardener needs.

I'm sharing with Tootsie today for Fertilizer Friday

Fertilizer Friday - September 20 - feeling like fall

It had definitely started to feel like fall around here.

The leaves have started to turn and drop, and we had our first frost warning the other night.

I went out to cover my basil and took what I thought would be the last nice photos of the garden for the year.

When I went to work the next morning, it was dark and I couldn't see the extent of the frost. But it was thick on the car and I had to scrape the ice from the windshield.

I had a very sad day at work thinking that I would come home to a garden full of black, frost bitten annuals that would need removing. This was the earliest I could ever remember getting frost.

I underestimated my tough plants!

Every thing in my gardens (with the exception of the green beans) was just fine!

There was some slight damage, as seen on this Zinnia, but after a little trimming it will be fine.

 I found plenty of beauties to share for Tootsie's Fertilizer Friday!

I wonder how longer Mother Nature will co-operate?

Fertilizer Friday already?

Wow, this week sure flew by!

Time to share some blooms with Tootsie for Fertilizer Friday!

Waiting patiently for some rain, but things are still looking OK.

 The first of the Glad's are opening.

Found these late Poppies blooming side by side. 

Not sure why I haven't planted this annual Vinca before, but I think that I will always have some in my gardens from now on!

How could I forget to add a picture of my favorite new Zinna bloom?

My Texas Red Salvia is late this year, but finally starting to bloom

The veggie garden is doing well too. I have lots to harvest almost every day!

The Phlox is starting to bloom too, and the blooms are HUGE this year!

 Another shot of the back...it's so colorful right now!

 I saved this little cutie for last.

He's not a bloom, but he is a sweet little guy.

Have a great week all :)

Fertilizer Friday - August 16th

It's been a while, but I can finally have time to flaunt!

Linking in to Tootsie's Fertilizer Friday!

August already and the air already feels fallish. I snuck in a little garden expansion without my Hubby catching on. I kind of HAD to ... I had a few perennials sitting around in pots and no room left to plant them  :)

 Still need to fiddle with the shape a little

Found this freak of nature on my Sedum in this bed

The Lavetera is filling in nicely. I really missed this plant in my gardens last year.

Found this lone white bloom - nice surprise!

 

'Herbstsonne'

A suprise Mallow

'Scentemental' still blooming

Marigolds and Salvia

A few of the gardens