Slowly The Garden Grows

Things are beginning to fill in.  I still need to reposition the large rock in front of the witch shed.

Each morning the pups and I go to the lower gardens as early as possible to beat the heat. I open the potty shed and light incense all over the garden, it magically keeps the bugs away.

Roses are blooming and will be for quite a while.  Most of the ones I've planted will bloom throughout the summer.

Ignore the weeds.  I need days of weed pulling.  I am planting lots of things in pots this year until the big trees are trimmed and I can determine sun positioning. Plus, I can move them around to see where I like them the best.

The hillside is filling in with dianthus, succulents and assorted other perennials.  

These beans probably need more sun so they aren't growing as fast as they should.  We are having a lot of very big limbs cut off of a bunch of trees so I am hoping this brings in quite a bit more light.  

The rose on the right is slow to grow though they all get the same amount of water and sun. It is different than the others so I am assuming that is the reason.  I've planted aver a dozen roses this year to add to the charm of the eventual cottage garden.  This Fall, I want to plant hydrangeas and peonies.
 

The vegetable garden is growing by the day and will be a jungle in not too long. I've planted 2 dozen tomatoes, cucumbers, fennel, eggplant, peppers, celery and about 6 types of beans.

The foxgloves were potted yesterday and I have 3 pussy willows to get in the ground.

Some of these roses have been here for many years and are more like weeds.  But they still bloom vigorously so I am leaving them for now.

My new arbs are growing nicely though I spend a lot of time watering them.  We haven't had rain in weeks and I am doing a rain dance  hoping today's forecast is right and we will have some storms.