Homegrown Peach

This is a rare peach from Phillip's garden-- it was sweet and juicy, just like peaches are supposed to be! He's also growing a pear tree (bottom picture).

This peach was so wonderful and sweet! The best peach of the summer...

This is the peach tree that grew this peach...the only peach on the tree, but then again, the tree has only been in the ground for two years...

More On Phillip's Garden

We have an abundance of sunflowers, and consequently a healthy bee population! Guess that's good for the environment, right? 

For aesthetic purposes he has planted flowers all through the yard. I do love it when I come home from work and see a vase with fresh flowers on the kitchen table!
He also has been working on a grafting project...I don't know exactly what he's been grafting, but it involves fruit trees.


See how bees love sunflowers?
Love the blushing shades of pink and rose...

This is another variety of pear tree...we also enjoy a healthy crop of tomatoes!

Phillip's Garden

While Phillip's garden seems more like a mini-farm (because it is so crowded with so many things!), I have to say I'm so proud of the things he's learned to do! Believe me, gardening is not exactly a family trait (other than my sister's green thumb) and Phillip has managed to learn everything himself. Here's what he's growing:

A pear tree...

Fresh carrots from the garden... Oh so sweet and fresh!

Most beautiful flowers such as these roses...

Earlier this year we had gorgeous tulips!

Stay tuned, there's more to come...

Phillip's Garden

He's been working on this for weeks--- digging the dirt, (and sometimes digging up more rock than dirt), then growing seedlings in the basement, getting up early in the morning to bring them outside to harden, and then hurrying home between classes and work to bring them back inside before it got to cold in the evening... and now we are all seeing the fruits of his labors! This is truly an impressive garden.

He has also planted a peach tree! And did I tell you about the strawberries? The lettuce is my favorite right now-- so fresh! Thank you Phillip!

Garden Radishes

We've already harvested fresh radishes and lettuce from Phillip's garden-- the radishes taste spectacularly good! As for the lettuce- it's nice to know it's from our own garden without being sprayed with chemicals-- but we're all learning to eat a little dirt along with it! I've received orders to hunt for a salad spinner so that the cook can do a better job of washing and drying the lettuce leaves.