Hollyhocks!!!!!!!!

This is a nice closeup of the group of pink Hollyhock in bloom.  I did not know the colors when I planted them, all I had was 10 tubers in a package that said mixed colors.  I was hoping for some yellow, but did not get that color in the mix.

There has not been many photos over the past 10 days.  It has been so HOT, too hot to be walking to the garden.  Yes, it has really been that hot, and it is continuing this week.  Lots of rain, so I've not had to do much watering.  The humidity has been really high too.    I am not really a hot, summer type person.  I much prefer the cooler weather of late September and October.

Hollyhocks in bloom

The top phots not only shows the Hollyhock in good bloom, but you can see my white delphinium.  You can see the purple delphinium leaning from all our rain lately.  It got really, really tall.  Did not expect the height from this plant for this year!  I see that I have one Hollyhock plant that is a "single bloom" plant, all the others are what is called "doubles". The Hollyhock are in colors of white, red and pink.

The middle photo shows the pink Hollyhocks and you can see some of my Blazing Star in bloom.

The bottom photo shows the pink single flower Hollyhock.  If you click on the photo, then click on it again, you can get a good close up picture and see all the details of the flowers.

This is a new flower blooming for me.  It is called a Cardinal Flower, never grown it before.  I only bought it for its' name.  You all know how much I love Cardinal birds.  This is just the beginning of this plants blooms. You can see the top of this flower has a LOT of buds yet to open.  The flower buds are very delicate and little, but the plant itself is very hardy.  Loves the water.

Long View of my Garden

This is a long view of the back of my garden.  Can you spot the Hollyhocks at the very back.  The garden with all the sticks belongs to the garden right next to me, that only has veggies.

Cleome are ablooming!

The cleome (spider flowers) are blooming like mad.  This is only 3 plants.  When I planted them in April, I did not realize how big they would get.  This is all without the benefit of any fertilizer or miracle grow.

CSA July 10, 2010

This week the CSA was what I expected for each week.  I had so much I was actually able to share with my youngest daughter.  The bag contained a pint of blueberries, 1/2 pint of raspberries, 8 ears of corn, 2 yellow squash, 2 zuchinni, 2 cukes, 4 pickle cukes, about a pound of green beans,  romaine lettuce, mint, and tons of rhubarb.  CSA produce is picked on Friday afternoons.  I pick up on Sat. mornings. The one thing I don't like is how they bring the bags out from the cold storage on Sat. morning and the bags just sit in the hotness on the floor waiting for the CSA members to pick them up.  Most times the herbs and lettuce are badly wilted and I just end up throwing the lettuce away.  This week was week 4 of my CSA and as I've not been at all happy with past weeks, this week was plentyful.  The picture IS NOT of my CSA, but one from Google Images.