Summer afternoons spent outside anywhere are great. But some real special ones are the days I get to relax in the oasis my parents have created in their yard. Already, their garden is full of colour and life. The veggie garden is almost full of seedlings, and it looks like it will be a bumper crop of apples this year - a huge win as they harvested 3 apples last year!
Some of my favourite flowers are in bloom right now. I love how large and delicate peonies are. They come in so many colours and appear to be handcrafted out of the lightest-weight tissue paper available. Irises are very special to me. My grandma always had her back garden full of irises, especially the blue one, so these are very sentimental for me.
a view up to the house
fresh bark mulch makes the pathways "pop"
the blueberry patch is new this year - can't wait for fruit!
mom shows the salad greens hiding under their shade canopy
the apple trellis
the herb garden kinda hides a compost site
looking through the peas, past the potato pots to where dad is watering his veggies
I spy a tomato/basil bed!
