Wish it was hers... but it's not...

So some of you may remember that in July I did a post because my friend's garden was totally awesome and I got to pick a bunch of her produce. I thought it was great because my garden had a slow start this year...

Here's the previous post for those of you that missed it before: Wish it was mine.. but it's not...

Anyway, after being gone for three weeks on the work trip I now wish that my yard and garden was her's and not mine... The weeds are out of control in the flower beds and the garden is just out of control. My lettuce & brussels sprouts bolted in the hot weather so I had to pull them out. Did you know that cucumbers can get about a foot and a half long? The carrots & beets need thinning and frankly all I want to do for the out of control mess is ignore it and go fishing...

I have done some weeding of two of the flower beds but the third one has grass (weeds) about 2 feet high in all the flowers but I do have to say the zucchini is looking ok right... I just keep telling myself that a little each day and I might get control.. depends how fast the new weeds want to grow if I'll get ahead or more behind... Anyone have a weeding addiction? I have the yard to satisfy your addiction galore... just come on over...

Just some of the harvest...

and some more...

This is the flower bed I actually have weeded completely... Molly is checking it out.

I almost have this one done.. just still some grass in the middle part.

See the grass?

This is the one that is totally out of control... I don't even know where to start with this bed.

Peas & celery...

Cucumbers & Squash on left... the onions had major trauma on the right.

A zucchini is growing in there... really...

I have no idea what happened to the onions, shallots & garlic...

Beans

Just a few of the yellow beans that were growing like crazy...

Beets on the left... carrots on the right... both need to be thinned very badly...

Another shot of the beets & carrots from the other side view...

Wish it was mine... but it's not...

Today I actually got to harvest veggies.... but unfortunately it wasn't from my garden; it was from my friend JoAnne's.

She has a jungle growing in her back yard and I'm jealous. With the whacky weather we've been having in North Idaho it's like we went from winter to summer (too hot) and passed straight past spring so while some of my veggies are going ok other ones are on the slow growth pattern.

Here's what I got to harvest today from JoAnne's garden... at least I was able to harvest something this year even if it wasn't from my garden...

Just a few photos from yesterday evening...

For some reason I've been noticing the clouds more  lately... There was such an array of them last night around the area. Some were dark and raining over spots in the distance and other's were those white puffy looking ones that you see on a sunny day...

The first one in the photos along with the ones around the sun following just caught my eye as really beautiful... (at the end of the post I'm putting some additional photos of Miss Molly helping me in the garden yesterday just because they are really cute.)

No, this is NOT in my yard... just had to add the photo here because it's another example of unique North Idaho yard art

Look at all the new green...

This morning I went out to uncover the garden beds and give them a bit of air since it looks like it is going to be a nice day today...

Look at all the new green that has sprung up... Sorry about some of the exposure. The plastic coverings were making a really bad glare on the camera so I was "shooting blind" without any view finder...

On the middle left is Celery

Bottom Left, Spinach - Middle left, Broccoli - Right Peas - to the right of the Spinach is the Cabbage and almost direct in the middle to the right of the Broccoli is Lettuce

Yeah... bright glare

Beets on left - Carrots on the right

Spinach

Cabbage

Lettuce in back there and Cabbage in front

Onions & Garlic

So much more green than last weeks video

Beans are on the left - Brussel Sprouts on the right

Carrots

Beets