Yes, I am behind! These photos were taken while we were showing Maren and Jason around the gardens on Father's Day.
Come with us to the cement slab where our barn used to stand.
It is now a living, growing space - supported by the raised beds Dad planned all winter, began building this spring, and got much help to finish building after his heart attack.
Lettuce and radishes have been making many amazing meals for us since early June.
The snap and snow peas are a delicious treat as of June 29th.
Heavy rains mean less watering - even while they spatter the plants with mud.
When I was little, we planted an old-fashioned Mock Orange next to the sheep-barn. This was its last spring to bloom as we will be taking down the bush that is unsightly all the other 50 weeks of the year.
Beyond the silo stretches another row of low, raised gardens.
Our horticulturalist helped find the culprit for holes in our cabbage leaves.
Farther down the line grows sweet-corn with a stabilizing net waiting a couple feet above.
Nearby (but rather far from the house!) are the strawberry beds.
Last year's plants are producing!
The new plants are doing their best to catch up.
In yet another patch grow elderberries.
This is the first year we are saving our few honeyberries from the birds. Quite a yummy, different flavor!
Nearer home is our old garden, which is now shrinking mostly to the corner of perennial flowers.
Beyond the old garden is the ever-growing orchard. Apples, pears, and a new apricot tree given for Father's Day.
Dad gets quite a bit of produce out of our eight acres in his retirement!
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