Pics around the yard

A few pics from the yard.

That was a while back. Now late summer is tomatoes, zucchini, sage, a few corn plants, peach trees, carrots, shiso, sweet potato, parsley, hollyhock, mint, horseradish, sunflower.

A little peach tree. I counted 32 sprouts this spring, seeds from the mother tree. Most have died but there are still 8 or 9 growing, a foot to 2 feet tall now. I have 3 that bear, and several others that have not borne fruit yet. Hoping for a small grove in a few years. Original seeds were fruit from the supermarket that I threw out on the garden.

Horseradish. Planted it 18 years ago and have never harvested any. Should do that.

I am sorry no one has replied with picture from their yard ,,,,

I am also know sure what your pictures are so can you please put a description as to what each picture represents ,,,

That first picture shows lovely diversity - are those windfall apples? or did you collect them there?

Nancy Reading wrote:That first picture shows lovely diversity - are those windfall apples? or did you collect them there?

Lot's of diversity. The apples are from one tree that was already present when we moved in 18 years ago. They are poor eating apples but make good applesauce, so that is what I do. But many go to waste so I use them as mulch.

Concord grapes are ripe! Sadly this year the bald-faced wasps are very heavily eating them so will not get the usual harvest. They always eat a lot, but this year much worse.

Pumpkin. This pumpkin makes me laugh. About 5 years ago I decided to stop growing this pumpkin. I buried them deep in a pit in the garden. The next year some came back. Buried them deep again. And so on to this year when I thought I wouldn't get any more. But they keep coming back! When I saw the sprouts I thought they were the kabocha squash I expected, and even the young fruit looked like kabocha, until they got too big and turned orange.

Thom Bri wrote:This pumpkin makes me laugh.

It is funny how what one person can struggle to grow becomes a weed in another climate - actually sometimes of course it is not funny at all, but there are worse things than pumpkins! Any reason you (tried to) stop growing them?

Nancy Reading wrote:

Thom Bri wrote:This pumpkin makes me laugh.

It is funny how what one person can struggle to grow becomes a weed in another climate - actually sometimes of course it is not funny at all, but there are worse things than pumpkins! Any reason you (tried to) stop growing them?

I used to grow lots of pumpkins of different varieties, mostly pie pumpkins. I was trying to get some that were really good to eat but failed to impress my wife who does most of the cooking, so we sold them at garage sales. For years I had two varieties that came back year after year, I called them Ernie and Bert. One year Burt disappeared and since then only Ernie pumpkins.

Bees. Currently 7 hives. One passed away recently, a lost queen I suspect.

Chicory going to seed. We love it in coffee, but it's really expensive and recently a lot more expensive. Dug this up from a roadside ditch and planted it in a flower bed. Wife had said 'Don't spend any more money on plants. Put some wild flowers there.' Been 3 years and it regrows every year, lots of sprouts from the seeds too so I am expanding it. I need to look into harvesting it and how to prepare. Plus I love the blue flowers.