Beautiful Summer Day

The garden has filled in at an incredible pace over the last month; it's hard to tell one part of it from another these days.

The new begonia bed underneath the curly hazel. 

Brilliant yellow begonias

Not to be outdone, the red ones are pretty nice too. 

Gladiolas are in the peak of bloom right now.

Lots of pastel pinks and oranges in the garden right now.

The beans have produced masses of flowers and in a couple of weeks we are going to be inundated.

The dwarf gala has a good harvest shaping up.

Black mustard will add a kick to the salad greens. 

The second crop of beans is underway

As is the first crop of tomatoes

Cooking apples getting ready for crumbles

Zinnias have completely filled in their garden bed.

Red crocosmia

Bears breeches in flower

Fuscia is a favourite of the hummingbirds

Volunteer artichoke just showed up out of nowhere

Honeybees are enjoying the artichoke flowers, fortunately there seem to be lots of bees around this year. 

Late Spring 2016

The castle is peaceful on this lazy day.

Garden preparations are well underway.
There is more planting to be done today.

The newly planted shade bed looks much better than the tangled mess that it was last year.

These roses have a perfume like cinnamon.

Gladiolas and lettuces make good companions.

Peas will be ready for harvest by mid June this year.

Foxgloves popped up in unexpected places again.

Tree frogs continue to bless us with their presence.

HK has the deck pretty much ready for summer.

The hot tub is calling to me again.....

Summery view of the mountains.

My assignment just keeps waiting.....