The Summer Bounty

Our backyard garden with tomatoes all along the fence with zinnias & petunas in front. Fennel & the grapevine (under the holly tree) and then our blueberry bushes on the far right side. I've never seen such giant tomato bushes. The tomato plants to the left (that are tied up) extend past the fence which is 6 feet tall!



Ken loves sunflowers so I planted some for him earlier this year. They say everything grows in Oregon, which I believe from this picture. 12 ft sunflowers. Can you believe it! Also check out the two giant zucchini that Ken's holding. Just one of them fed 20+ people (for two meals and still had leftovers)! Under the sunflower was sugar snap peas & snow peas that we ate earlier this summer, but they're long gone now. Oh, that building is our shed/garage. Picture was taken from the back porch. You can see the rose bush garden behind.



A closer look at that rose bush garden... basically 8 rose bushes came with the house and were planted smack dab in the center of the yard. Ken's beloved corn wasn't getting enough sun on the side of the house, so we hauled in a ton of compost and made a makeshift bed between the rose bushes. Then we moved the corn in between the roses and brought my zucchini plants over too.



Not everything is huge in the garden though. Ken hand planted a ton of carrot seeds this spring. I weeded them... all the time. Behold the (very mini) bounty of carrots. Nevertheless, here's Ken being very proud of his carrots (and holding my favorite tomato).