As the summer progresses, the garden work continues. It gets harder as the days get hot, but fortunately in this wonderful maritime northwest climate, heat spells are very short. The temp got up to 95 on Wednesday (near record high for Bellingham Washington) but is already back to the mid seventies (more normal Bellingham Washington summer temperature). Every day the gardens change. Here are a few shots from yesterday.
This is one of my favorite roses. It is called Rosa Mutabilis. The buds start out one color and gradually go through a series of color changes till the flower is spent. This particular plant was huge in the spring. My wife said it was taking up too much space, so she cut it back to the ground. I have to admit that she was right, and the plant is thriving.
Crocosmia Lucifer. The color is HOT!
The vegetable garden progresses. As you can see in the potato beds, another thing we have to deal with here is horsetail (equisetum). It is prehistoric and there is no known way to get rid of it.
Some annual herbs. Everything in this bed including the Nasturtiums is edible (well maybe not the horsetail sneaking up on the right).
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