Mid summer gardening

Time for the next installment of what’s happening in the garden. Many of these photos are from neighborhood gardens that I pass on my walks as well as from the park.

But let’s start with a gallery of my zinnia and morning glory garden which is located on the north side of our house. When I purchased potted plants this spring there was a State Fair zinnia 6 pack and I couldn’t resist.  Since we’re not having our fair this year, I thought some State Fair zinnias were just the ticket in honor of the great Minnesota get-together. The morning glories reseed themselves and I guide and arrange them onto our fence.

pink morning glory ready to open

morning glory vine up close

the fence early summer

the fence – mid summer

Next, let’s check in with my vegetable garden. As you can see, it’s quite healthy and it’s producing many tomatoes and cucumbers.  And I just plucked our first green pepper the other day.  It’s the one in this gallery. We can’t eat everything fast enough. I think I’m going to find a food shelf and see if they’ll take some of our produce. We’ve done that in the past.

first harvest

pepper plant

first pepper

cherry tomato

oops, growing through the fence

my neighbor’s arugula is quite prolific

arugula blossoms up close

mid summer harvest

This last gallery contains all the fun flowers I come across on my walks through the park and in my neighborhood.

wildflowers at Willow Pond

hibiscus

dahlia, I think

cosmos

black eyed susans

coreopsis

I love these balloon flowers

cosmos

grass seed anyone?

wildflowers at Central Park

One last photo: uh oh, first sign of autumn! (photo taken 8/3/20)