An excerpt from Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery.
"What is the name of that geranium on the windowsill, please?"
"That's the apple-scented geranium."
"Oh, I don't mean that sort of a name. I mean just a name you gave it yourself. Didn't you give it a name? May I give it one then? May I call it - let me see - Bonney would do - may I call it Bonny while I'm here? Oh do let me!"
"Goodness, I don't care. But where on earth is the sense of naming a geranium?"
"Oh, I like things that have handles even if they are only geraniums. It makes them seem more like people. How do you know but that it hurts the geraniums's feelings just to be called geranium and nothing else? You wouldn't like to be called nothing but woman all the time. Yes, I shall call it Bonny. I named that cherry tree outside my bedroom window this morning. I called it Snow Queen because it was so white. Of coure, it won't always be in blossom, but one can imagine that it is, can't one?"
This was a conversation between Anne and Marilla, but it got me thinking. Maybe that is why some of my plants don't grow well! If I named them, they might do better. Feeling the love and all. Only time will tell.
For this Wednesday, I thought I'd take you on a short walk through the garden, knowing how much you've been wondering how it growing.
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| Lucy can lead the way. |
First, step into the garage, these are the (from left to right) Cucumber starts, Summer squash start (some didn't germinate, so I started more last weekend) and Starship summer squash.
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| Here are Lucian, Heather, George, Godfrey, and Kevin |
Out front we'll pass the bird feeder, so you may as well see that the gold finches have arrived. Also our Flicker is back. He likes to hang onto the bird feeders tipping them over and the food falls all around him. In the picture, he's trying out the suet squares we made.
Now to the garden. On the right you can see our strawberries. They are growing well, but no flowers - and therefore no fruit quite yet.
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| This is Phyllis, Horace, James, Jim, Redwood, Scarlett, George, George II, and George III. |
The raspberries are only in their beginning phase of transplanted life, but each are showing signs of growing and that sure makes mama happy. Within a few years we'll have more than we can keep up with.
The herb garden is only beginning, but growing well. There is garlic, chives, chocolate mint, parsley, oregano, and thyme.
Now to the main garden. The first bed here, is red leaf lettuce, green leaf lettuce, spinach, green onions, broccoli, bush beans (nothing showing quite yet) and peas in back.
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| Say hello to herbert. |
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| Here is Lillian |
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| Jeffery, alice, and Jamie. |
In the second bed, we have carrots, radishes, beets, more broccoli (these are transplanted starts), and storage yellow onions.
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| Red, Balmy, and Phillip |
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| these transplanted broccoli seem to be doing alright in this mild weather. |
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| A clump of storage onions (Margery, Megan, and Michelle |
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| Walla walla onions in a side 4X4 frame |
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| The poor asparagus isn't doing well, but hasn't handed in its dinner pail yet. |
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| I love how the water drops lay on the flower right after a nice refreshing rain. |
The last stop is the back yard cold frame. We planted everything here last winter, and have been eating from them since march 16th. We are through all of the radishes, but the lettuce and spinach is doing very well. Most of the Pac Choi bolted, but one plant is still producing.
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| One side of our cold frame. Carrots, radishes, and beets. A stray red leaf lettuce is also growing. I call him Lost. |
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| One side of our cold frame. Beets, Red leaf lettuce, green leaf lettuce, Spinach, and pac choi |
Well, that's the grand tour. I hope you have enjoyed yourself! We hope to see you around here again soon.
