My Garden - Part 2 (2011)

Yesterday I began what will be a three part series on my gardens.  I have really enjoyed having a garden of my own, as it was something I always dreamed about when I was younger, following my mom around while she was planting her flowers and helping to water the plants with my little one cup watering can.  Let's look at my garden from 2011.

 Starting off in 2011, I decided that I was going to go with the "less is more concept".  The flowers in 2010 got really big and out of control, so I thought that if I put fewer flowers, it would look less like a big mess of flowers and more like a lovely garden.  Here are a few pictures of it after everything is first planted in the spring.

 The picture on the right is of a beautiful iris which did not bloom in 2010, meaning I did not know it was even there.  I didn't know what it was until I took a picture and got my mom to tell me what it is.  Isn't it pretty?

 The flower on the left is called 'Nicotiana'.  I bought it because it had some different colours, including a green flower, and had a different shape, more of a star shape.  I later found out that it can product tobacco.

                                     Here are two pictures of my rose bush taken within a week of each other.

We grew some carrots and cucumbers again in 2011, apparently neither of us hadn't had enough of cucumbers.  Or at least John hadn't has he planted a whole package again...

This summer I decided to put mulch down in my garden.  I don't remember my mom ever using it, so I never really thought about using it, but my sister-in-law made a good case for it and I turned out to really like it, although it doesn't seem to cut down on the weeds as much as I would like. Here are some pictures of it mulched with the cute lady bugs my sister made me as a bridal shower gift.

Here my garden is later on in the summer.  It flourished quite well and filled in very nicely.

Here the garden is near the end of the summer.  Note the rose bush climbing its way up the fence and cucumber plant taking over the backyard...

That's it for 2011.  Sorry to the lack of words, I'm too tired to think of anything exciting, so I'm letting the pictures do the talking.

Tomorrow - 2012!