I began the 2013 gardening year in my beloved Paonia plot on Orchard Ave. Then, through the twists and turns of life, the decisions pondered at, sometimes, in hindsight – joyfully…. ruefully…..full steam ahead….wanting to linger…I moved up to northern Colorado and jumped into some whole new garden beds along with a whole new life. I’ll walk with you through these gardens and some of the joys they held this year the gallery below. If you like to view all the photos in a slide show, simply click on the first photo of the beets and head through the year in pictures.

last of the beets = rosemary beet chips in January

return of the Light!

soakin’ the peas

spring reverie

clusters of spring onions

Spring altar

welcoming the bees … and apricot blossoms

sweet grass seeding out

violets…lovely violets

columbines return

the fascinating start to rhubarb season

discovery of a couple of huge potatoes while digging in March yielded a nice pan of home fries with rosemary

Mother Earth, we love you

burnet, glowing through the gray sky

red tulip a-sparkle with perfect snowflakes

magic on the lilacs

first potato plant showings – the fingerlings I’d leave behind

with a green glow all around them

three headed daffodils near Loui’s strawberry beds

beneath the lodge poles of Loui’s tipi

I spy asparagus!

Double Sided: Asparagus Frittata with Uncured Turkey Bacon, Romano Cheese and Chives

a close up of the lovely grilled spring onions

crab spiders spotted on red clover

my heirloom “Glass Gem” corn, whose seeds were planted by my friend, after I sent them to my new home and garden

Sun and pea plants

my very first snap peas!

spring strawberries – a bumper crop Paonia 2013!

glorious bounty! Paonia…

our first wee watermelon

slightly smoky, grilled zucchini layered into the casserole…

plentiful cucumbers!

ripening muskmelon

the refuge of a pumpkin flower

green zebras!

green beans in the strawberry pot to deter the clever bunnies

Curry Pickles

the first magical ear of Glass Gem heriloom corn

my very first honeydew melon – absolutely divine…

smoked paprika roast tomatoes

rose after four days of rain/time of the September floods

first snow, full moon

pumpkin from our garden!

be-jeweled lawn with the Glass Gem corn

a fine haul of tomatillos for salsa

frost tinged artichoke with cottonwood leaves

the rotund rosemary comes in to get decked out!