In my recent post about flower gardens on our property, I neglected to include images of marigolds that are sprucing up what we call our "puppy garden" because the stones within its confines commemorate pets that have been in the family in recent years, including Lee Ann's Molly and Bear, which I've written about before they passed within three months of each other in late 2017 and early 2018.
The puppy garden is what you see in the two photos leading off the post, and the first image below is a close up of the French dwarf marigold you see in the photos above. The second photo below is a shot of another black-eyed-susan plant growing next to the puppy garden (it's not in either picture above) and also right next to the west gate to the vegetable garden behind the detached garage.
Next in the post is a rust-colored coleus plant that has been on the back deck for a couple months. It's right near where I usually sit, and I enjoy gazing at it when the afternoon light strikes it just right.
I thought I'd also use this opportunity to present a photo of that vegetable garden (photo below the black-eyed-susans) here as well. Lee Ann and Lea planted a lot of the usuals there and in the vegetable garden beds along the detached garage driveway. But as the photo shows, we've allowed a lot of weeds to grow in the strawberry section (front and front left), and we know there's a cleanout of that looming in the near future.
Below that is a perspective shot of the beds along the detached garage driveway, which is where we have tomato plants growing. A few closeups of the tomatoes appear below that.
Above is a mullein, whose leaves are used in various teas. The three photos below are shots of a leafy plant called burdock. Both are in the raised beds along the detached garage driveway.
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