Our pink and purple end of August garden

Heirloom tomatoes

Oh, heirloom tomatoes: mountain princess, red zebra, german gold, jaune flamme, black cherry, brandywine, and cherokee purple...our favourites now in abundance!

Flowers in the garden

Here's an idea of what our August garden looks like - bursting with colour, the flowers are in full force, tucked into every corner, every border, every garden bed, springing up in every bare spot of ground in the yard.  I'm loving all the colour in this early August garden!  And flowers now in our house everywhere, picked for bouquets in mason jars on every table, and included into every meal to top our fresh greens, made into salad dressings, transformed into drinks (lavender kombucha anyone? blueberry sage water kefir?), or to garnish our desserts.   Our favourite edible flowers include lavender, sage, oregano and mint blossoms, borage, nasturtiums, calendula, day lilies, violas, and bergamot. (please note that not all flowers pictured below are edible)

In the garden

In the garden right now:

~ tomatoes (had our first few, many more coming), zucchini, loads of braising greens
~ berries (raspberries, blackberries, mulberries, red and black currants, chokecherries)
~ loads of herbs (basil, oregano, dill, chives, mint, parsley, cilantro, and all the medicinal ones!)
~ peas coming to an end - letting a few pods dry on the vines so we can plant again next year
~ beans ready in a week or so
~ grapes will be in abundance very soon, just ripening
~ greens - chard, kale, spinach (almost done), lettuce greens, wild greens (nettle, dandelion)
~ just a few cukes (oh, we forgot to give them enough water this spring)