A garden update, thanks to R., who sent pictures! I'm still in Halifax and miss seeing how things are growing 'back home' in Northern BC.
Irises in the flower bed
Dahlias
The heat wave that hit BC last week has taken a bit of a toll on the garden. A week of daytime temperatures in the high 30s/low 40s, and overnight temperatures in the mid-to-high 20s. Uhg. Daily watering has been needed, even in the sections that have been mulched with grass clippings. The peas and strawberries aren't liking the heat. Some of the Beka Brown beans got scorched...
...as did about half the carrot seedlings.
As if the heat wasn't enough to contend with, an anonymous critter (a magpie, perhaps?) chewed off the tops of some of the bean plants.
Temperatures this week have returned to normal (daytime: mid-to-high 20s), but the air is hazy with smoke from the hundreds of wildfires burning in the province. Extreme heat + lightning storms are a terrible combination.
The garlic patch, tomatoes, and a few sunflowers in the south garden.
Ground cherries from the greenhouse.
Bea having a snooze in the tall grass of the raspberry patch.
Lou, contemplating a snooze as well.
Dwarf sunflowers
Lemon mint going to flower.
Tomatoes, peppers, and greens along the south side of the house.
More tomatoes (I'll know which varieties are where by the end of the summer!)
The potato patch (North garden)
The Swedish Red dry peas are developing flowers.
A few tomatoes are starting to form (pictured below is a Bellestar tomato).
The long view...
Yellow zucchini from the greenhouse.
Green zucchini from the greenhouse.
A cucumber plant from the greenhouse.
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