So Many Bees!

I was in the garden last night looking around and there were SO MANY bees buzzing around. It was crazy. A good kind of crazy though.

The limelight hydrangeas we planted last summer are in full bloom and they are gorgeous!! It’s so hard not to clip a few for the kitchen table but so far I have been able to resist.

I plan on drying a few bouquets, but I think I’ll wait until later in the season to do so.

The white coneflowers are looking really nice too.

And the purply pink hibiscus is starting to bloom.

I’m still not sure about the color {maybe I went a little too bright} but we have three of them out front and it’s so nice to have something new in bloom every week.

The autumn joy sedum is up next. It might be another week or two for those to show their spectacular color though.

The side garden is doing well. I thought the pumpkin vines would be further along up the trellis by now. They’re taking their own sweet time though. 

The pole beans are looking good. 

It won’t be long now before we’re picking pole beans every day. 

Right now the French filet beans are coming on. The HH has been picking them about every three days. He just sautés them in olive oil and adds a little salt and pepper to them. 

It’s the new afternoon snack around here. 

And we have our first pumpkin growing in the garden!! How cool is that? 

I thought I only planted butternut squash in that area but apparently not.  Who knows what kind it is. I guess we’ll find out together. 😉

And last but not least, our first San Marzano tomato is starting to turn red. I have 2 San Marzano plants in the garden this year and I’m hoping for enough for some fresh bowls of salsa and tomato sauce.

I miss not having a big garden. Next year I’m going to figure out a way to add a couple of garden boxes in the yard.

I LOVE gardening. And I love that every year is a little bit different. 🙂

Here’s to another beautiful day in Southern Maine.

Have a good one,

~Mavis