Becoming A Gardener – Stories from someone who is learning to grow

The First Zucchini

I harvest the first zucchini of the season this week (it’s also the first zucchini I’ve grown since being in Portland!)

I’ve lost count of what number bouquet this is for the year, but Bouquet #X is daises and lavender which are growing like weeds nearby.

How simple and cheerful!

I’m finally getting around to sowing fall crops in the garden…a little late, it better late than never.

In the front garden, I planted beets – a few sprouts are already up!

It’s nearly the end of July and I decided it was finally time to harvest the garlic.

The tops had started to flop over, which I’ve been told is a sign that they’re about ready to harvest.

I’m came out to the garden on Friday evening to find this:

Cooked separately, of course.

The white bunching onions are ready to harvest.

The first dahlia of 2022.

It’s almost the middle of July, so I thought it would be a good time to do an overall garden update. Here’s how it’s looking:

It’s not the prettiest of gardens, it’s doing the job.

The plants just keep coming! My cytotech brought me more plants. This time, she had some iris tubers that she was digging up.

Irises naturalize easily without much care or attention and they tend to spread out – or so I’ve been told, having never grown irises myself.

Over July 4th weekend, I made a trip to Sauvie Island to pick strawberries.

The U-pick berry farm had strawberries, but also blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, and maybe marion berries or some other variety of berry.