Saturday, May 4, 2013

Bountiful Bouquet

Well,  I've been spending way more time in my garden these days than my sewing room so I thought I'd post some garden pictures.
I decided to clean out my kale and chard bed today it was getting really scraggly and aphid ridden.  But the tops of the rainbow chard were so pretty I just had to put them in a vase!
Then I thought what worked for the chard will work for the arugula flowers so I put them in a vase too!
Arugula
These flowers are very tastey and spicey just like the greens.  I'm going to try them in a stir-fry tonight. 
Anemones
Well these aren't edible but as long as I was out in the garden taking pictures I figured I'd include some pix of my flower garden!
Can't get enough of that Toad Flax

Love-in-the-Mist
Delphinium
Sweet Peas
So pretty and they smell so sweet, thus the name.
Ranunculus
I could keep going,  I took 154 pictures. Ah, the digital age! And bless my camera, it takes great pictures even with my meager camera skills! 
 We did not have a huge amount of April showers but our climate always rewards us with a lot of May flowers!
Cheers, Claire W.

5 comments:

  1. What a lovely treat to see all those blooms. And I can see why you would want to be out there with them.

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  2. I'm enjoying my daffodils still! It's taking awhile for spring to arrive in Central Oregon, but it is coming... Love your flowers!
    See you in a little over a week!

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  3. Claire, your garden is amazing. I seriously would love to have your expertise to help me do something with my mess of a yard...Will you trade services for scraps??? :-) Also very excited for Portland trip!

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  4. Hehe you could always eat your firey bouquet in a day or two when it shows the first signs of hmmm being "lätschig" (ehh loosing some of it's strentgh sort of).

    You are really far ahead with all the flowers.

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  5. Like you, I'm spending more time outdoors than indoors lately. Quilting always takes a back seat this time of year. Your flowers are beautiful. Love that rainbow chard !

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