Early Summer Garden Photos

We're closing in on the end of the first month of summer, and the gardens are blossoming. It feels as if we are really on the cusp of something. This week the squash, cucumbers and tomatoes are trickling in, but soon they're going to explode!

Here are the gardens as of a few days ago. If you'd like to revisit some older photos so you can see the progression, look at the "See How We've Grown" post from late May.

Remember when this garden was hit by hail?

Pretty Enough to Eat

This year I've planted many things for the first time, including nasturtiums. Nasturtiums are beautiful edible flowers that are great in salads and can also be used as a garnish. Since this was my first go-'round I decided to keep it small, limiting the nasturtium planting to the border of my front herb garden. The plants have been doing wonderfully well, and we get a new crop of blossoms pretty much every day. I've found that I really like this combination of herbs surrounded by flowers, as it makes a great decorative front border for our garden.

Our front yard garden in early July.

See How We've Grown!

It's late spring, and we've started our early harvest season. The gardens have really come to life. We spend so much time working in the gardens, sometime it's easy to forget what they used to look like. So, a little reminder! I'm really looking forward to seeing how the gardens will grow and change in the coming months.

Mary's garden.

Winona garden.

Perry garden.

Karla's garden.

Erin's garden.

Gates family garden.