Blooming Sunflowers in August

Sunflowers in my yard

Sunflower seed were planted everywhere

Also crab apples are ready to pick.

What a wonder time of year!  Thank you for stopping by and visiting my garden.
Til next time, have a great day!
Vicki -Colo Junkett

Welcome Spring the Flowers are in bloom!

Here in the Northwest of Colorado our Spring is wet, cold and very long. 

March 12th, still a lot of snow.

March 29th, the snow is melting. Robins are back!

Coming up are Iris's and Purple Illusion Spike  Veronica, (this was taken May 4th)

Same Iris and purple Illusion, (was taken June 5th)

The Lilac bush is in bloom, (this was taken June 7th).......Maybe, spring is finally here!

Thanks for stopping by,

Vicki

Colder Temperature ?

This summer has been in the nineties since the 1st of June which is warm for NW Colorado.  As I have mentioned my garden has not been very productive.  The cool weather plants like lettuce, spinach,peas just sprout and either they were eaten or the heat burnt the seedlings. 

                      

One of the tomato plants have tiny green tomatoes

Zucchini is growing well

In the box garden I planted purple pepper and banana pepper, you can see a banana pepper growing on the plant in the middle.

I planted these pots the first of June and see now in August the watermelon plant has started putting out vines.  I think it is to late to expects a watermelon from these plants but I'll continue watering and shading them to see what transpires.

Peas

Green beans

Thank you for stopping by! Hope you enjoyed my update of the garden. I'm looking forward to putting some of these vegetables on my supper menu.

Have a great week.

Vicki the Colo Junkett

June garden update

The temperature has been in the 90's! 

The flower beds are thriving here and there.  The first Orange Poppy in bloom!

The Iris are looking good!

Lambs Ear are enjoying the sun.

This flower bed is looking good.  Lamb Ear, White Iris, Red Dianthus, and Purple Salvia Nemorosa in the back the Lilacs are done in this bed.

This Salvia Nemorosa is laying on the ground.

The LILACS are fading.

90* is so hot for new seedlings in my neck of the country.

I've planted lettuce, kale, broccoli, spinach,onions, carrots and as you can see a zucchini plant in the front left hand side of my garden box seems to be doing well.  I ordered a cover for cooler weather, but I decided to use it as a cover to shade the seedlings.

Hope you all are having better luck with your gardens.

Have a wonderful Day!

Vicki- the Colo Junkett

My Out Door Happy Place

Hi Friends,

It's another glorious day here at My Little Colorado Cottage. 

This is the cottage gate to my happy place, my garden. 

  

Today I just had to show off a few blooms in garden, these blooms make me happy!

This wired milk crate is one of my yard sale finds this summer and I thought it would be a great planter for annuals.

My yard is always a working in progress.  Some of the perennials I planted last summer are coming up nicely this year.

I'm going for a kind of rustic,  kind of cottage, and kind of rural feel to my outdoor living space 

What do think?  Thank you for checking out my outdoor happy place.

May God bless you and your family.

Have a wonderful day! I'm Vicki the Colo-Junkett