ᐅ Garden Photos Chat Corner

Climbee schrieb:

I have already tried various preparation methods, but he just doesn’t like the earthy taste. Apart from tomatoes, he’s generally not very enthusiastic about much from the garden. Unless there’s ever a meat tree or sausage bush, that is.

My husband wants a sausage tree.
We eat more fruits and vegetables here. Especially berries. There’s always a caterpillar passing through while playing. Cucumbers can’t grow fast enough, and suddenly my husband is into vegetables. He says they taste different.

Our staircase has finally arrived:

The corten steel is slowly developing its patina. The steps are made of hewn granite:

We like it, and it really worked out that the staircase doesn’t block any sunlight from the solar thermal panels (which is also why the railing doesn’t look very appealing, but anything else would have covered more of the panel – if it were up to us, we wouldn’t have needed a handrail, but it’s mandatory for an outdoor staircase with more than three steps).

Our wildflower meadow keeps changing its appearance:

I discover something new blooming every day – so beautiful!

And I had a visitor today:

Is growing in well.

Great pictures! I’m also very happy with my three wildflower meadows. Two of them are perennial, so we’ll see how they develop over the next few years. Since I’ll only mow them in spring, the annual varieties can theoretically reseed themselves.

My roses are now blooming profusely again, showing a beautiful second bloom. We still have raspberries, but the tomatoes are clearly slowing down. Our pears are ripe. I also created a new planting bed in the side front yard. There was some space between two newly planted trees. There’s also an old cherry stump there, so with the bed, I can visually cover the stump. In this bed, I planted species that didn’t feel comfortable elsewhere in the garden, were too abundant, or got overgrown. It includes red smoke bush, sedum, various phlox, coneflower, and a perennial sunflower. Additionally, I added three smaller shrub roses in red, pink, and light pink, single-flowered and more wild rose-like, as well as a heliopsis, asters, and hardy chrysanthemums. So there should be something blooming continuously from May to October.

I’m completely satisfied with my garden. Everything is growing and thriving beautifully. We have enough fruit and vegetables and a genuine paradise for insects and hedgehogs. We live in the city, and from the street, no one would ever guess we have such a large and beautiful garden. Passersby and neighbors often compliment my front yard. It’s designed rather naturally, meaning it’s a wild mix of serviceberry, globe amaranth, various roses, hydrangeas, and perennials. Something blooms there from mid-March to November, and these areas change week by week, so it never looks the same twice. The side front yard has a flowering hedge, three trees, the new bed, and under the pear tree, a small wildflower meadow as well as roses and a grapevine, with one rose climbing up the pear tree. Ah, it’s wonderful—I never want to live without a garden again.

Beetroot is simmered until tender, then cooled, peeled, and added to the salad. Or, as we do, sliced and placed in a hamburger bun.

I am still in the middle of tomato season.

Winniefred, wasn’t it you with the melon pear?
Mine are very different. In terms of yield, I have some fruits that don’t develop at all and others that need support. The first ones are now showing slight purple stripes. I’m afraid they won’t ripen.