Everything is getting BIGGER!

Even Scout!! (I caught her chewing apart one of my globe lantern lights) 

A little green plum

Several plums on the limbs that are way up high!

outdoor fun!

The one lonely asian pear

Pretty purple bloom

Opened up enough to see the center

Dahlia and Gladiolus Garden Bed

Front to Back: European Greens, jalapeno, tomatillo, royal hillbilly tomato, zebra striped tomato, yellow pear tomato

oooh! lots of little seedlings

The lettuce is GROWING!!!

Love this!

All of those little sprouts will get BIG like this one head of lettuce.

Tiny beet sprouts coming up out of the soil.

Tiny onion sprouts.

A different view of the new onion growth in the garden bed.

Hard to see, but it's one of the fullest wine barrel pots. It has rose, dahlia, peony
and some other unidentified greenery... maybe iris or freesia? Only time will tell!

I literally filled the green bin, stomped it down, filled it more AND...
it doesn't even look like I put a dent in the pile :(

Close up of the strawberry pot... YUMMY!

She's getting big!

Even my succulents in the front of the house have grown.
Check out the cool red/orange thing that popped up!

My newest succulent is the purple/green one on the left of the bowl.
The other succulent that was in that spot grew some flowers and attracted so many pests (aphids - yuck!)

 The front garden bed now that all bulb flowers have died.
My mom and I planted some yellow marigolds to brighten it up a bit!

Ugh! Can you believe the leaves that are already falling!!! This is only June!
And we raked them up less than a WEEK ago.

New Sycamore leaves continue to grow!

Loving our new American Flag!

My first salad from the garden!!! :)

The Garden Grows (so quickly!)

I have to admit that the garden has been growing so quickly it's hard to keep up with blog posts! The sad part is that many seedlings DID NOT survive the transplant. In fact, not a single cucumber survived. I started the entire garden bed over with seeds and very few of the survivor seedlings.

I feel like as soon as something cool happens in the garden, I want to take a picture and then another great thing happens before I post. And I always want the updated information to blog about. Anyhow, here are some new pictures. 

We also got a puppy, Scout. She may be another reason I've been preoccupied.

She is so cute!

Can you spot Scout? How about our new bday gift?

Correct! We got a riding mower (well, mainly Patrick for his bday).

Left to Right: Broccoli, Marigold Petite, Carrot

Strawberry plant between some convenient seating in the garden.

View of the new entrance to the garden. (BTW... do you see Scout?) 

She LOVES shade :)

Another view of the garden and of course, Scout!

We planted Wisteria by the gate. It'll look so gorgeous when it takes off!!

I'd love to plant corn, beans, pumpkins, melons, zucchinis, yellow squash here...
ooh but the gophers and hard soil are quite discouraging!

Not a bad view, right?

Beautiful woodwork and the pup :)

Good garden view of our extra large Box Elder trees.

onion and beet

my one lonely head of lettuce

Dahlia buds!!! :)

Left to Right: cucumber, marigold, cauliflower, broccoli, petite marigold, carrot. 

Another Dahlia bud!

The lettuce is getting bigger.

Blurry pic, but I added more lettuce seeds and they're taking off really well.

Tiny pear fruit on the tree.

First colorful bud... can't wait to see my first Dahlia flower!!!

Cute lattice for the Wisteria to climb.

Left to Right: European mixed greens, jalapeno, hot pepper, tomatillo,
Royal Hillbilly - giant red slicing tomato, Green Zebra Striped - green heirloom with stripes, yellow pear shape tomato

The first bloom! A fantastic coral colored Dahlia!!!

This one looks interesting!

Marigold... I guess they repel insects. (Well, some insects,
the plants right next to these have holes in their leaves!)

Marigold

Better view of cucs, marigolds, and cauliflower.