gardening notes

last night i planted cucumbers, beans, zucchini, dill, beets, butternut squash, pumpkin, and watermelon. i also added some dirt to the potatoes, to make them grow higher, and i planned out where the tomatoes will go (and just now remembered -- where will the eggplants go?).

(if even one-tenth of these is viable, holy cow what a summer it will be.)

meanwhile, the peas are already producing, and we have thyme, oregano, chives, leeks, rhubarb and strawberries growing like crazy, and grapes on the way.

i tracked all my new plantings over at myfolia, which i hadn't visited in a while, and i laughed to see the old photo of the garden. the yard has exploded into so much foliage and flowers that it is hard to keep track of everything now.

an an example, check out the chive plant in april, in the middle of the left bed:

and here is the insanity of chives now:

i need a better comparison to show the craziness going on at the back fence, too. where before there were a few lone lavender and rosemary plants, there are now poppies, irises, foxglove, and about a dozen other annuals i can't identify yet. crazy!