Eye Candy: Dahlias (far from black)

Hard to mistake, these gorgeous flowers would make even the Grinch crack a smile.



By far my favorite flower (sorry daisies-my former fav!), the dahlia does very well in zone 9 and comes in every color, shape and size one could imagine!



I hope everyone enjoys their day and some eye candy...

Holy Sunflower!!!

So, remember waaaaaaaay back earlier this year when I planted "mammouth sunflower" seeds and they actually came up????

Here's the finished product!!!


And here's a picture from farther away to give you a better idea of how tall these boogers are:


I have more pictures of them up close but of course my camera is in my truck right now and I just don't feel like getting up out of my comfy bed to go get it. Hope everyone had a good weekend!

I'll post more during the week. :)

Finally...garden and flowerbed pictures!

While I'll probably be spending my whole weekend weeding the garden, I figured I'd provide some pictures (even though there's a lot I need to do with it).



Tomatoes:


Mammoth Sunflowers will be 16ft tall! (not so mammoth yet. still only 2 months old):


Potatoes (see all the weeds???):

Crookneck Squash:

Corn:



My flower beds Josh made. Petunias, balloon flowers, Mint, Lemon balm, Lemon basil, Dutch Irises, Marigolds, Hibiscuses, moss rose, Zinnias....




Petunias:


Snapdragons:

Balloon Flowers:

Potted baby flowers (moonflowers, sunflowers, cosmos, bachelor's button, African daisies: