This is the replacement tree we picked (after we took down the huge one). It is a crab apple that has pretty pale pink blossoms in the spring and red berries in the fall. Right now it is fighting a fungus (probably the same one my roses had that one summer). It just needs to hang in there until next year when we can take the preventative measures in early spring.
The pumpkin is growing fast. I just moved a bunch of the annuals that were planted near it so the vine could spread out. I showed my kids a video of still shots of a pumpkin growing. Now my 4 year old knows that we planted pumpkin seeds, we go out every morning to check out the pumpkin flowers but somehow not until she saw that video did she understand we are growing our own pumpkin for halloween! She was thrilled.
The bees LOVE our garden.
We really have very little full sun spots to plant in our yard. When we took that tree down in the front we finally saw a full sun spot, the hell strip. The hell strip is the strip between the curb and the street. I highly recommend it as a gardening spot if you want to meet all your neighbors. Since everyone walks by and admires our work although I have to admit still don't remember peoples' names. Today's most loverly surprise is the white flower growing out of this plant with pink leaves that I think is called Caladium.
Managed to find new homes for the annual along the walk.
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