I've been threatening you for ages with the tour of our kitchen garden. It's my first attempt at raising vegetables, especially from seeds, (and smuggled back from the US no less!) and I have to admit I approached it a little unconventionally by planting all the veg in the borders mixed in with the more traditional flower beds.
Feverfew among the marigolds

It's been super successful so far and we currently have courgettes (Zucchini) coming out of our ears.
Looking toward the end of the garden. Courgettes, corn, then euphorbia, tomatoes, carrots, radishes, blackberries, cucumbers, and pumpkin. Whew.
And speaking of ears. Look at the corns bloom! Amazing that each of those little flowers will be a corn kernel when it grows up. Yummy.

Look! There's some sugar snap peas among the nasturtiums and dahlias. Can you spot the swiss chard?
Stargazer Lily.


My lilies were a complete disaster. I had red lily beetle pretty badly and they completely decimated the lily crop. I only got 2 flowers from about 8 plants!


This is looking back at the house. Note the inviting hammock complete with lap cat.


This is the potting shed and shady sitting area at the farthest end of the garden. You walk under this archway dripping with honeysuckle and climbing roses to enter, but for some reason I didn't take a picture of it.



And finally, a little taste of our daily bounty.

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