We had such a great garden this year! This doesn’t even show the squash and pumpkin!
HAWAIIAN SKIES DAFFODIL4.9.21 Last fall I bought some bulbs and planted them. These were some of them. My first flowers to bloom.
KINDRED SPIRIT OAK4.16.21 We requested a parkway tree before we even moved into our house and it took more than 2 years for the city to plant it. We got a Kindred Spirit Oak in the fall of 2020. I was so anxious for it to start to bud this spring and finally it did. I’m hearing that oaks bud late.
5.3.21 Getting some leaves going now.
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LILAC WONDER TULIP4.24.21 I loved these tulips last spring and did research to find out that they are Lilac Wonder tulips. I planted the bulbs in the fall and they are finally blooming!
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STRAWBERRY4.26.21: Last year the strawberries grew and spread, but did not produce any fruit. Looks like this year will be different!
6.3.21 YES! FRUIT!
6.5.21 Makai said the strawberries are SO sweet!
NIGELLA DAMASCEANA [LOVE-IN-A-MIST]5.4.21: Dad was going to pull these weeds out, but I stopped him, literally a second before he was about to do it. I’d remembered sprinkling some seeds around that I’d gotten for free in the neighborhood gardening group. It was late last summer or early fall. I wanted to see what this turned out to be. I posted in a couple gardening groups and some people had hunches, but no one was for sure. Some thought dill even!
5.26.21 – Finally blooms!
HERB GARDEN5.4.21 I’ve planted the herb garden. Back row is parsley, chives, cilantro and basil. In the front is oregano, dill, thyme and rosemary. The thyme keeps coming up every year. I dug out all the mint and literally threw it away! We never use it and it is hard to manage. The problem is that KC thinks its fun to jump into the raised bed and dig. I’ve replanted the chives 2-3 times now.
I got these fence pieces from Home Depot and put them around the herb garden. KC looked at them and jumped right over the top!
I ended up putting the fence pieces around the front flower garden. I think they look nice and give it a more polished look. I need to get a few more to complete the area.
9.5.21 Front Garden
For now, this is the best way to keep KC out of the garden!
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COLEUS FLAMETHROWER – SPICED CURRY5.2.21: Makai did not want flowers in the turtle!
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PANSY 5.14.21 Planted in the front garden near the bird feeder.
LILACS5.17.21
IRIS 5.19.21 The irises have grown so tall!
PUMPKIN5.20.21 I started these from seeds that Makai picked out at the Chicago Botanic Garden.
6.6.21 bloom!
6.17.21 Squash on the left, pumpkin on the right.
6.17.21 The pumpkin leaves are HUGE!
HIBISCUS5.21.21
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BROCCOLI5.22.21 Starting to see some growth.
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6.14.21 Roasted it
SPAGHETTI SQUASH5.25.21 Makai came home from gardening class with a spaghetti plant (and a very large onion)
6.7.21 bloom!
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7.1.21 Squash + Pumpkin
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LILY OF THE VALLEY5.31.21 Makai’s preschool friend Sam’s mom gave me some Lily of the Valley. I planted it around the oak on the parkway in front of our house.
RASPBERRY6.1.21 Picked this up at Home Depot randomly.
7.3.21 raspberries!
MOSS ROSE 6.2.21 I love these moss roses.
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DAISY6.3.21 The daisies are in bloom! They’ve grown and spread so much since last year!
6.14.21 I have so many daisies, I cut some for my office.
6.21.21 I can’t believe these are so big compared to when I planted them!
BLACK SWALLOWTAIL CATERPILLAR 6.6.21 I discovered my dill is filled with caterpillers!
6.8.21 It loves the dill!
6.9.21 – spotted a butterfly!
“CATALINA GILDED GRAPE” WISHBONE FLOWER6.10.21
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OTHER CRITTERS6.17.21 Someone thought maybe a mayfly?
7.8.21 gorgeous gold bug!
8.29.21 Grasshoppers!
9.1.21 Slug
9.4.21 Cicada
CALIBRACHOA6.21.21 I have these in three planters on the front steps!
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CONE FLOWERS
6.23.21 I planted these at the end of last year. So pretty.
GREEN BEANS6.28.21 First green bean harvest.
DAYLILY
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MARIGOLD7.3.21 Dad and I added a planter to the back of the Little Free LIbrary. I planted marigold seeds in there and they are blooming now!
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RED AMARANTH6.14.21 Someone was giving this away on Facebook, so I grabbed 2.
7.6.21 Growing very big!
9.6.21 I can’t believe how huge these got!
SUNFLOWER7.13.21 Sunflowers will bloom soon!
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Storm! 8.24.21
8.26.21 Cut some of the sunflowers that were on downed branches.
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9.4.21. I gave some of the sunflower heads to a little girl for her preschool. They were going to dry them and pick the seeds out.
CUCUMBER8.3.21 – Back from Hawaii!! Cucumbers, beans, squash! Not eating the squash!
PHLOX8.4.21
BELL PEPPER8.6.21
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JALAPENO8.6.21
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CARROTS8.7.21
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10.25.21 Finally pulled them all. All tiny but very sweet.
COLEUS 8.29.21 Somehow this coleus just started growing in my indoor palm!?!?