Every year I get positively giddy planning out my little veggie garden. This year was no different. A couple of months ago I dug and scraped at our hard clay soil in the little vegetable bed I had built years ago and added some wonderfully rich organic compost. Then began the planting...
Now my plants are taking off in the most wonderful way! Most of my veggies, like the beautifully blooming green beans at the top, were grown straight from seeds. The tomatoes, which follow, were put in as little plants which are now growing heavy with their bounty. It looks as if I'll be having some sweet red cherry tomatoes soon!
The pumpkins in the second to last picture is my rogue plant. It popped up from last year's halloween leftovers, which I had fed into the resting autumn soil. I have several fattening beauties that will make our Halloween bright this year!
Lastly, I had to add a close-up of our lovely lavendar bush, which burst forth with a virtual firework display of fragrant blossoms this year. I managed to capture a sweet little honey bee as it sipped nectar. Lavendar flavored honey...? If I could only follow then back to their hive and sample some!
This is my latest pencil sketch, as I take a break from my acrylic painting (see last post) and try to figure what to add to her to make her more complete. Thank you to everyone who posted such wonderful comments about her, and to all the wonderful suggestions I received both here and on Etsy!
