Garden Dairy 2008 Summer(2) 七月的菜園和花園 (組圖)

Started to have some summer heat finally. Looked around in the garden, something are really taking advantage of the weather. Vegetables are getting taller, finally. Flower started to bloom...................Quiet few humming birds visit our garden.
夏天終於來到了。左右看看，園中的花草真的爭著長起來了。好多風鳥在園中飛來飛去。
Below picture from left to right: Hydrangeas, Fuchsia (lady's eardrops), Honey suckles,  Hosta, Clematis.
下圖從左到右:繡球花，燈籠花，Honey suckles,  Hosta, Clematis.（這些不知道漢語叫什麽）


My favorite Hydrangeas:我最喜歡的繡球花


Take a close look........走近來看看。。。。


Another type of Hydrangeas:另外一種繡球花


Here are two type of Clematis. 這是兩種 Clematis



Here are some Crocosmia

 
In the front garden, Irish is done for this year. Phlox(right) just starts to bloom.


Next to the Irish on the left are some Sedum.


These are my sumflowers. I love them so much. 向日葵開花了，好可愛。


Mums are ready to take off.......菊花很快就要全開了


Marigold finally grow up. Marigold 終於長高了


First Dalia in our garden this year. 今年開的第一隻大麗花。


What happened in the vegetable garden? A lot!
Here is the turnip. We have been eating it for quiet while.


Here is the overview of our vegetable garden 1: carrots, snow peas, sweet peas (they are done), cucumbers, egg plants, peppers, beets, and soy beans


Here is the different angle so that you can see our soy beans.


The close look of my beets. I have pickled and canned 8 quarts so far. There are still a lot left.
我家的甜菜，上星期我做了８大罐甜菜罐頭。園裏還有好多。


Peppers are getting there.辣椒開始長大了


Here are some egg plants. They are blooming now. I don' t know when they are ready. It will be a while......
這是我家的茄子，才剛剛開花，結茄子還早呢


Here are the carrots. They grow pretty healthy this year. Few of them started to develop roots.
這是我家的胡籮卜。今年長得還不錯。有些已經開始長胡籮卜了




Here is the vegetable garden 2: corns, pole beans, cabbage (season is over), Chinese buckchoy (they are done) Swiss chart, yellow onions and green onions along the edges.
 The corn field and pole beans. The pole beans are growing taller than the corns. They are ready to harvest.
我家的２號菜園。芸豆長得比玉米還高。已經收獲兩次了。玉米剛開花。


Here are the Swiss chards. I left some Chinese buck choy to go seed.


So, what is happening in the raise beds?  This is Chinese Chives. They are growing so fast. Can't consume that much. let it go.......
看看我家的Raise beds 情況如何。下圖是韭菜，長得太快了，吃不完，隨它長吧。


Here are the Herloom tomatoes, about the size of jumbo egg.
這是我家的西紅柿，大小和特大雞蛋那麽大了，還早呢。


They are cherry tomatoes:這是櫻桃西紅柿


What about my squash land? I planted potatoes, bush beans, zucchini, scallop squash, acorn squash (haven't seen the fruit yet), butter nut squash and hurbard squash.
Here are the zucchini.


Here are some scallop squash: 這種summer squash又嫩有甜，我家的最愛。


Here are my favorite winter squash: Hubbard squash. I can see a lots of pumpkin pies. Yummy!
這種冬天squash果肉厚，細膩，甘甜，水分少,做南瓜派最好不過了。。。。。。


Here is the butternut squash. 這種奶油南瓜做菜非常香，奶油味十足。


Here are the fruit trees in our garden. Early apples are ready.
我家的伏蘋果。做蘋果派，做果汁的。


These are Bartlett pears:


These are Comic pears. They are juicy and sweet. I like them the most.


Here it is one of our plum trees. We had late frost this year when they were blossom. Not many fruits this year. 
我家其中的一棵李子樹，好可憐，開花的時候，趕上了霜凍，櫻桃一隻都沒結，李子也所剩無幾。慘慘慘！


Here is our Italian honey fig. We planted last spring. It is the youngest fruit tree in our property. It has quite few figs. Not bad for the new tree.
 

Here is the Kiwi. I don't see too many Kiwis this year..........But better than nothing.彌猴桃，沒結幾隻，比不結強，


Here are some peaches. The peach tree got hit by the late frost, too. I am surprised that we have quiet few peaches, though. 桃樹開花的時候，也趕上了霜凍，我以為也是顆粒無收，哪知道，還不少。


Here are our Reisling grapes


Here are our Zinfedale grapes


Here are our Concord grapes:


The grapes are far from ripe. I guess it is still summer. Fall is not far.........
葡萄離成熟還差好遠，這裏的夏天剛剛開始不久，秋天應該不會太遠了（下集待續：夏天的玫瑰和菏花）