late summer in the seed and community garden - harvests!

tomatoes & other goodies are finally starting to ripen in bulk!  

just a taste of the many colourful beets & carrots i can pick soon

i have been wanting to grow this beautiful plant, romanesco for years, i finally have one tiny head :)

cucumber & squash galore  

beans a plenty 

wasn't the best light for this shot, but I can't help take pics of my beautiful produce

just add vinegar, and beets & cucumbers are extra delicious 

lovely lift lock community garden on a september's eve 

carrots & beets straight from the ground! 

i love the colour contrast of these eva purple ball tomatoes with the lemon cucumbers

plants are loaded with jalapenos, just a few more warm weeks & they should be all ripened up  

 seed garden is super full of lovely blooming flowers

carrots & beets all washed up & shining 

found this lovely little guy just hanging out on my bulgarian carrot hot pepper, he was quite content to pose for a series of photos  

haven't seen too many dragonflies this summer, nice to catch a glimpse

pretty produce in evening sunshine 

the end of my beautiful perennial garden -- at least until parts of it can begin again

 i spent 8 years building this beautiful garden. i added tonnes of amazing plants from friends established perennial gardens, started beauties from seeds, and moved things around to have it bloom beautifully each month of the season. this is what it looked like in July 2012. i think it was my greatest art project to date, and certainly made me feel very proud & happy every time i looked at it ...

 unfortunately, not everyone has the same values as me, and since I didn't own the home where it was had no control when it was decided that the gorgeous little neighbourhood of fleming place would loose all of its trees, gardens & character to development.
This is what the garden site looks like just a year later in July 2013.

 I got some of my plants out, they are not very happy with being moved, and are just being kept alive this season, instead of flourishing. so so heartbreaking. 

 the last remaining green in the corner is a lilac tree that i started from a small little twig. i wonder & hope it will stay against the bulldozer. i have little faith though

the gorgeous green & lush fleming place in early summer 2012

 it was truly an urban oasis. 

 this is what it looks like today. barely a tree left on the whole property. certainly not lush, green or any sort of oasis. so sad. 

Gardens Not Lawns

My perennial garden & I are honoured to be included in Mr. Brown Thumbs 'Gardens Not Lawns' slideshow! - Check it out!

gardens mid august

first tomatoes! 

gorgeous greens of detroit dark red beets 

 there was a tonne of filipendula in the garden, so i didn't weed it out & now its blooming & adding a really nice addition to the beauty of the garden. i even have some lupins blooming late in the garden

 i can see the beauty little orca beans creating dimension in their pods 

 the view of the garden from the back. hard to capture just how much is growing in their in a wide shot

 funky hot peppers <3 p="p">

 black-eyed susan's & yellow beans growing happily together 

 lots of alma paprika's ripening. mmm smoked paprika 

mid august harvest!

 my seed garden is really starting to produce. picked my first tomatoes & peppers! lots & lots of beans too

Colourful Carrots

 I am so happy I am pulling carrots that I planted in early May. They are so colourful & delicious ... and I simply cannot stop photographing them

when cut up they get even more beautiful 

 

 lift lock community garden harvest late July .... 

harvest nestled in with my farmers market purchases.