Garden tour

[May 2013: Edited to remove photos that someone else had placed in place of MY photos.  On my blog.  Sigh.  If you're here, my apologies for the photo-less post.]

{this is the whole of my basil crop}


{um. this time last year? my basil plant was about seven times this size.}


{this is some type of parsley. at least that's what we think it is.}


{cilantro}


{ella's sunflowers. volunteers from last year.}


{our back garden, there behind the herbs. contains: zucchini, butternut squash, small ornamental gourds, small and large pumpkins}




{dahlias along the side fence}


{our apple tree, which is being ravaged by pesky squirrels which we wish we could shoot}


{our tiny apple tree, just planted last year}


{one of four pots of roma tomatoes}


{moving to the main garden, romaine lettuce}


{lettuce. um, and weeds.}


{cabbages, being eaten by something. and more weeds.}


{carrots}


{cucumbers. one of three hills.}


{bush beans, growing}


{peas along the fence}




{hydrangeas, next to the main garden.}


{in the front yard, more hydrangeas along the fence}




{daisies and other perennials beneath the front windows}


{potted petunias on my window shelf}



These pictures are about one week old. The peas are ready to harvest. I'm going to have to look into how to preserve those. My guess is that we shell them, blanch them, and then freeze them but I'll have to double check. [Have any of you done peas?]

Right after we finish the peas we're going to pick, snip, cut, and can (!!!) the green beans. (Yum. Love canned green beans.) It all needs to be done this week. I told the kids that it's "Harvest Week" at our house and we're going to need lots of help!