I've always thought these bushes on the side of our yard were pretty- a little fast-growing for my taste, but beautiful in August and September when they bloom. Unfortunately they must taste good to the bees too who come in swarms and stay here for 2 straight months causing no small amount of terror in my children each time they try to pass.
I couldn't get a good picture but there are literally hundreds of them all of the blossoms and flying to a from wherever they go.
And who knew these pretty bushes would come in so handy when we put our garden just a few feet from them. Our plants are literally going gang busters!
Eggplants...
Carrots, zuchini, and more tomatoes than we know what to do with, oh and tomatillos. We actually planted 5 kinds of tomatoes so we could see which kind we'd like more of next year and the verdict is in: We LOVE our small roma tomatoes for salads and things, but our absolute favorites are these small yellow heirloom cherry tomatoes. They are the sweetest things I have ever tasted and they just keep coming and coming. Literally we can get 25-50 off the plant each day. And they are FABULOUS mixed with fresh mozzarella cheese and a little olive oil and vinegar. That's literally what I've been having for lunch every single day for 2 months now.
Unfortunately we forgot to pick our zuchini before we left for my family reunion and we returned to find these monsters.
Wanna know why you never see giant zuchini in the stores? Because their tiny inner seeds actually start to grow and become the size of pumpkin seeds, which doesn't really work if you're making zuchini bread. So these giants ended up getting their middle scooped out (just like a pumpkin) before we grated them up to make a year's worth of bread. Literally!
Here are my cute helpers who can't wait to get started.
Okay so you have to endure more pictures of my garden because I'm just so amazed that ANYTHING grew and to have this much bounty is AMAZING!
Peppers to go with all the tomatoes.
And in case you thought we were busy enough this summer with our garden, here are some pictures to prove otherwise. This time last year, you literally could not see ANY of our house from the sidewalk. The previous owners let the evergreen bushes grow uncontrolled until the bushes literally became 9 foot tall trees. So Taylor went to town on them this summer, cutting off branches, chopping down limbs and trunks, and even digging out their roots. Work! Work! Work! But so worth it! Isn't it lovely? Next year we'll work on getting more flowers and manageable shrubs in place.
There were even 3 more of the bush/trees inside our courtyard that he had to remove. Who knew there was a waterfall when we moved in??? We'll see if we can make that work for next summer and get all the rose bushes and flowers in some kind of shape.
I've always thought these bushes on the side of our yard were pretty- a little fast-growing for my taste, but beautiful in August and September when they bloom. Unfortunately they must taste good to the bees too who come in swarms and stay here for 2 straight months causing no small amount of terror in my children each time they try to pass. 
I couldn't get a good picture but there are literally hundreds of them all of the blossoms and flying to a from wherever they go.
And who knew these pretty bushes would come in so handy when we put our garden just a few feet from them. Our plants are literally going gang busters!
Eggplants...
Carrots, zuchini, and more tomatoes than we know what to do with, oh and tomatillos. We actually planted 5 kinds of tomatoes so we could see which kind we'd like more of next year and the verdict is in: We LOVE our small roma tomatoes for salads and things, but our absolute favorites are these small yellow heirloom cherry tomatoes. They are the sweetest things I have ever tasted and they just keep coming and coming. Literally we can get 25-50 off the plant each day. And they are FABULOUS mixed with fresh mozzarella cheese and a little olive oil and vinegar. That's literally what I've been having for lunch every single day for 2 months now.
Unfortunately we forgot to pick our zuchini before we left for my family reunion and we returned to find these monsters.
Wanna know why you never see giant zuchini in the stores? Because their tiny inner seeds actually start to grow and become the size of pumpkin seeds, which doesn't really work if you're making zuchini bread. So these giants ended up getting their middle scooped out (just like a pumpkin) before we grated them up to make a year's worth of bread. Literally!
Here are my cute helpers who can't wait to get started.
Okay so you have to endure more pictures of my garden because I'm just so amazed that ANYTHING grew and to have this much bounty is AMAZING!
Peppers to go with all the tomatoes.
And in case you thought we were busy enough this summer with our garden, here are some pictures to prove otherwise. This time last year, you literally could not see ANY of our house from the sidewalk. The previous owners let the evergreen bushes grow uncontrolled until the bushes literally became 9 foot tall trees. So Taylor went to town on them this summer, cutting off branches, chopping down limbs and trunks, and even digging out their roots. Work! Work! Work! But so worth it! Isn't it lovely? Next year we'll work on getting more flowers and manageable shrubs in place. 
There were even 3 more of the bush/trees inside our courtyard that he had to remove. Who knew there was a waterfall when we moved in??? We'll see if we can make that work for next summer and get all the rose bushes and flowers in some kind of shape.
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