Wisteria Arbor

Hubby built me the coolest arbor for my wisteria. As long as I agreed to trim it back a bit...

Which is fine, since it was growing into the eaves a bit and wrapping it's tendrils around the house like it was trying to crush it in a Kraken vice grip.

I love my new arbor, which will look especially fantastic when the patio remodel is done.

But I couldn't help myself anyway so I went to a big box chain that I normally hate, but they had these fantastic little vases...

So I wrapped wire around the glass and tossed a votive in there and...

I think it looks pretty good.

The wisteria looks half scrawny right now. I'm hopeful that a heavy pruning will give me blossoms next year. And there are already a dozen shoots filling it in around the lower branches again.

Hubby thinks it looks good too.

As long as it doesn't tear our house down.

What garden structures do you have in your yard?

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There's something about real rain...

...and my hose just can't compete with the rending of the skies and fat globules of water from heaven.

Especially not three straight days of it.

6 days ago I planted another slew of vegetables to come just as the last of my mature plants slowly start to dwindle away. The rain came at the perfect time and fat stalk of green have been popping up out of the ground.

And I can't wait to see how they turn out because I've got some neat heirlooms in the ground.

I've got Nero Toscana Kale, Easter Egg Ball radishes, Tri-colored Cauliflower, Baby Round Zucchini, Multicolored Beets, Yellow Pencil pod beans, more sugar snap peas, and Long Island Brussel Sprouts.

And with all the rain, I had an abundant crop of produce today. I got limelight, 8ball and straight neck squash; there were Mr. Stripey tomatoes, Brandywine pinks, Italian ices, Black krim and a half dozen banana peppers. It's time for Pico De Gillo...



And Zucchini Bread. And Zucchini Pizza, and Zucchini stuffed boats, and whatever else I can think of because I have Zucchini come from every corner of my garden.

Any ideas? What are you harvesting from your garden?

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Squash Parmesan

I have squash plants like a politician has ideas. They're all over the place and out of control.

But..., MY plants are productive.

(Insert your "Oh, snap; oh no she di'nt!)

This photo was taken four weeks ago.

This was taken two days ago and I'm buried in here...

And I'm fairly certain I just saw Professor Challenger being chased by a dinosaur.

I've got limelight and 8 balls all over the yard.

They are growing to the size of pumpkins before I can even find them.

So I feed them to my Hubby. And I snitch a bunch myself. :)

I gather them, wash them, slice them, and then do THIS very wicked thing to them. But hey, it's a vegetable. It's good for you... right?

I dip them in egg wash and toss them in seasoned (with herbs from the garden) breadcrumbs...

And then I fry the little rascals in hot oil...

I layer them in a dish...

I top them with tomatoes or sauce... (from last year's harvest or this year's, hopefully)

And a generous portion of mozzarella cheese...
And I add layer after layer after layer until I can go no higher...
And then I pop it in the oven for a few minutes just to get the last of all that cheese nice and melty...

And then I nibble at the corners until it's time for dinner...
And hope that my family stays far away from my house So I won't have to share...

It's that season!!
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Harvesting Lunch...

I got home from work, stomach growling in protest to the coffee grinds I had licked out of my coffee cup this morning.

And that's why I consider my parking area at home to be rather fantastic, despite the little trek from the driveway to the back door that in winter I consider a supremely long journey across frozen tundra. In the summer, it's a lazy jaunt through my Babylonian roof top worthy garden. Or I'd like to think so...

And so I walked by my Bachelor Buttons,

And my Purple Queen Beans,

And my Cherry Tomatoes,

And my Nasturtium,

And my baby Red Leaf Lettuce.
And by the time I had gotten inside...

I had a rather tasty salad. Sweet tomatoes, crunchy beans, tender lettuce and peppery nasturtium leaves and flowers. I tossed it, oh so gently, with olive oil and apple cider vinegar, sat on my garden swing, and noshed down on the freshest salad possible.

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Not Dead

To all (one?) of you holding your breath out there for my next post... I am so sorry; life is a bit topsy turvy with house remodeling, family vacation, and the busiest season ever at work.

But my garden is still here and so am I.

And there's some delicious stuff growing in my garden right now.

From all the tomatoes,

To the edible flowers, bean tepees, climbing squashes...

And everything in between. 

It Is coming... I promise.

I've got some fun things to show you.

I'll see you SO soon!