The hot summer weather seemed to end early this year with some cool early rainy days, after actually a pretty mild summer, though a few warm days remain.
In a Vase on Monday hosted by Cathy
The sweet peas are still blooming so I wanted some for In A Vase On Monday, hosted by Cathy. I'm pleased they are doing well my first year in a long time growing them, some Royal Family and some Old Spice mixes, in a little thrift store vase-
I went around and looked for what else was still blooming. I found a big spray of rose Clothilde Soupert which is a late bloomer well into fall and combined it with some Scabiosa atropurpurea I grew from seed this year, I was surprised they are blooming well. Also I added some early-blooming heather, Geranium oxonianum 'Claridge Druce', Aster, Anemone japonica, Sedum, Browallia americana, and Ageratum. And for foliage I cut some dwarf bamboo, and some Osmanthus heterophyllum variegatum.
I used one of my new batch of poured ceramic vases, I added the flowers from another mold. The glazes are called shimmer but just added flecks of metallic silver so they fell a little short for me.
Meanwhile in the edible garden, the beans are doing well. I've been cooking a lot of the regular pole beans like Zelma Zesta, a long red-streaked pole bean, meaty, early, and productive;
Anellino Giallo, a yellow Italian shrimp bean (curved), tender when full of beans;
Jembo Polish, a large flat bean with a distinctive brown swirl on large flat beans, productive, tender at large sizes;
Also growing well are some beans for dry bean use, like Ojo de Cabra, Mayflower, Turkey Craw, and since the Motorcyclist objects to the tough pods of the runner beans, this year I'm mostly picking and using them as shellies. The hummingbirds are very appreciative of the red flowers of the runner beans, as well as honeysuckle, and even the tropical milkweed flower on my deck, which has bloomed non-stop.
I'm also harvesting the usual cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, crookneck squash, collards, kale, and hopefully some eggplant and okra. I don't like having to add sugar to food so this year have been having fun throwing the abundant rhubarb into mixed vegetable soup and treating it like a vegetable. It tends to disappear in the soup and just adds some tart flavor and nice texture. What late summer vegetables are you enjoying? Hannah
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Today's flowers hosted by Denise
In a Vase on Monday hosted by Cathy
I went around and looked for what else was still blooming. I found a big spray of rose Clothilde Soupert which is a late bloomer well into fall and combined it with some Scabiosa atropurpurea I grew from seed this year, I was surprised they are blooming well. Also I added some early-blooming heather, Geranium oxonianum 'Claridge Druce', Aster, Anemone japonica, Sedum, Browallia americana, and Ageratum. And for foliage I cut some dwarf bamboo, and some Osmanthus heterophyllum variegatum.
Meanwhile in the edible garden, the beans are doing well. I've been cooking a lot of the regular pole beans like Zelma Zesta, a long red-streaked pole bean, meaty, early, and productive;
Anellino Giallo, a yellow Italian shrimp bean (curved), tender when full of beans;
Jembo Polish, a large flat bean with a distinctive brown swirl on large flat beans, productive, tender at large sizes;
Also growing well are some beans for dry bean use, like Ojo de Cabra, Mayflower, Turkey Craw, and since the Motorcyclist objects to the tough pods of the runner beans, this year I'm mostly picking and using them as shellies. The hummingbirds are very appreciative of the red flowers of the runner beans, as well as honeysuckle, and even the tropical milkweed flower on my deck, which has bloomed non-stop.
I'm also harvesting the usual cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, crookneck squash, collards, kale, and hopefully some eggplant and okra. I don't like having to add sugar to food so this year have been having fun throwing the abundant rhubarb into mixed vegetable soup and treating it like a vegetable. It tends to disappear in the soup and just adds some tart flavor and nice texture. What late summer vegetables are you enjoying? Hannah
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Hi Hannah, I was absolutely delighted to see you linking up with Today's Flowers. Thank you so very much! I love your flowers in your pretty vases. The one from your new bath is really lovely! I also enjoyed the pictures of your beans, and I enjoyed listening to the video also. Have a great week Hannah and thanks again.
ReplyDeletep.s. sorry for the typo, my fingers were running faster than my brain today. I meant 'new batch' :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Denise, the flowers are delightful, especially Clothilde Soupert, but I enjoy the beans the most! Thanks for hosting.
ReplyDeleteLovely glaze, what varieties of beans, and delicate flowers in a lovely vase. Down here, we have veges starting to grow after the winter, picked 3 cauli today, chives are getting a little taller and fatter, silver beet doing well, and strawberries will soon have some flowers. Days are warmer, and nights not so cool.Summer is nigh.
ReplyDeleteThat's great, Jean, enjoy your spring! After a hard summer of work, I'm kind of looking forward to seasons of rest and refreshing. I'm glad you liked my vase.
DeleteHello Hannah, I love your pretty vases and the flowers. Lovely arrangements. Happy Tuesday, enjoy your day!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Eileen, it was fun doing some ceramics again, and I fired things for my grandkids too. I'm going to have to go fight lemon balm today, though I don't expect I will ever win.
DeleteLovely flowers and containers.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Dorothy, I enjoy your nature news. I sent you a friend request on FaceBook.
DeleteI'm amazed that you still have sweet peas! Labor Day is the unofficial day to plant sweet pea seeds here for next year's blooms but I haven't gotten to that yet. I love your beautiful roses, as always. I didn't plant any veg this year but the persimmons are in the process of ripening and it looks as though the critters won't take all of them this year.
ReplyDeleteI hadn't grown sweet peas for many years so I'm really surprised they are still blooming too, the edible peas stopped growing long ago. I am saving seeds so they will become a fixture on some of my deer fences. I love persimmons, it's great you will have a crop, Kris! I like your new landscaping.
DeleteI loved the look of your sweet peas and then you added more to them - what abundance! Thanks for sharing Hannah!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Cathy, I forget to go look at my fall rose, if it is dry it seems to really come alive and put out the flowers. Then there are the fall Anemone japonicas which always surprise me with their enthusiasm.
DeleteLove all those pinks and purples!
ReplyDeleteGlad to learn how your garden is growing. I hope to be able to plant a garden next Spring.
Thanks, Lea, at least once I get the deer fencing up and the trellises up, it is not that hard to grow the pole beans the next year, and after I had the idea to grow beans on the deer fencing itself it really boosted my places to grow pole beans, which are my favorite for production and long season. I avoided the deer eating the beans for two side of the deer fence but adding a support for additional netting inside the deer fence, leaning tall bamboo poles on the deer fence to attach the trellis netting so by the time the beans reach the outside fence they are too tall for the deer to reach.;-)
DeleteThat's a good harvest.
ReplyDeleteI like beans.
And I like passion fruits. I start to harvest them now.
awesome harvest,loved the white large beans most and golden sky below
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