Chocolate Garden? Heck Yeah!

As as a bit of a sympathy gift my good friend Karen gave me a chocolate garden, complete with a sign. Everything in it looks like chocolate, smells like chocolate or tastes like chocolate! There are flowers, lettuce and even basil. Although, this being Seattle it's 65 and raining this 4th of July, which means it's still too cold for basil. It's inside awaiting its coming out party...in August.



We also amended the "soil" --if that's what you can call the sandy clay mixture out there, in hope that a few shade lovers will live. In the time we've been here a total of one plant has managed to not die in the front garden...a hosta. We've resorted to planting an assortment of hostas, ferns, and plants that are probably considered invasives. Hopefully they'll catch on.





Sedums.
Aaron's favorite.
Every year or two, we take a chance on these. We'll see if these are the strong variety that will manage to live under our growing conditions.



The pictures don't do it justice but it gives a sense of how it looks.

The 3rd annual ice cream social is just one month away and we have a bit of perking up to do in our yard. This was a fantastic start.

Have a happy 4th of July and Happy Birthday America!