2010 Garden

We have a little water garden! I didn't get any photos of it before the raccoons got at the fish, unfortunately. We're down from 10 to 1 fish left. I'm still debating whether to get more (they're just little mosquito fish.) Anyway, it looked great, with the irises and dwarf papyrus. It's starting to come back now, but if I ever catch those darn raccoons, they're in big trouble!

My favourite roses in the garden - they smell divine!
Another rose, smells good too ;)
Finally got the shade garden finished. Lots of hostas. I moved two of the ferns (a maidenhair and another (ostrich? male? wood? not sure)) and am still on the search for the elusive toad lily.
An here's this year's garden! We started very late, but planted:

Seeds:
- peas, bush beans, broccoli, pumpkin, carrots

Starter plants:
- cucumbers, zucchini, brussels sprouts

This was 1.5 weeks ago (freshly planted)

And after a week of super hot (30+ degrees) weather, we have sprouts!
Broccoli!

Pumpkin
Check out these beans!
Tiny little pea sprouts

June 2010 Photos

At Centennial Beach with Ashley:




Found this guy in our garden.
Shark teeth! Her adult ones are coming in already. She's only 4.5 years old!!! I'm SO not ready for this. The baby ones are REALLY loose, but being stubborn. Hopefully we'll have a no-teeth shot soon.

Last skating class
Last dance class
With her cousin
With Sabine, directing the start of the North Delta parade

Lots of garden photos

First blueberries off the bush (that's the bush in the background):


Darren's the one with the knack for veggies (remember this?):




It's called butterfly bush for a reason!



Can you spot the wee little guy? He's in the centre of the photo, right underneath one of the flowers:
Close up:
Remember Chloe's zucchini and pumpkin?


From some of the other plants:



Can't wait for some grilled zucchini!!

More garden

This is the world's best smelling rose. I don't know what it is, but the smell is simply amazing.


We have SIX clematis plants in the backyard! I killed one last year (by pruning just a bit too eagerly), but bought one to replace it. Here are two that I didn't prune:

Little green thumbs

Planting the giant pumpkin (they can grow up to 100 lbs!). We're aiming for a few medium sized ones ;)




And a zucchini: