Here's today's harvest. Most of the tomatoes were chopped up and frozen for future use...with the exception of that BIG Pineapple. That will become the main attraction of some BLT sandwiches...I haven't decided what to do with the peppers yet. I know I'll be making some salsa soon, but I have a LOT of HOT peppers coming on...
Here is a picture of the Eastern Tailed Blue butterfly. There have been several of these floating around my backyard in the last few days. They seem to like the mud left over from my watering the newly planted seeds. I apologize for the picture quality. I had to zoom in quite a bit. This specimen is maybe a half inch long. The top of the wing is a deep blue.
This is the south side that will be the bulk of the garden. I spent the last week filling in with soil my neighbor gave me. I can't believe how nice this dirt is. Thirty feet long by seven feet wide. I planted some seeds yesterday. Coreopsis, coneflower, salvia, and a few others. I will be planting butterfly weed and other things in the spring.
This is the east side. In addition to the seeds on the south side, there are a lot of daisies and some nasturtiums.
Another view of the east side. These daisies were planted last week and are coming up now.
North side - this will be filled in with more shade tolerant plants. Hostas, ferns, coral bells and bleeding hearts to start with.
