minor efforts at gardening

gardening hasn't been effortless this summer. last autumn i had high hopes that this year i'd get an actual vegetable patch, ni such luck. my wrist is in no condition to take on a shoveling job of that kind of magnitude. i almost gave up on potting even summer flowers but then decided to shape up. once i was at the nursery there wasn't too much to choose from...







a few sad looking tomatoes, that i ended up getting cheap...i read someplace that marogolds are suppose to fend off bugs that bother tomatoes...







i grew these (somewhat pale) pumpkins from seed myself...i'm not holding by breath on actually getting any pumpkins, i'll be pleasantly surprised if they are still green (well, greener) after one week.







to replace the huge hole left by the lovage in the big planter, i planted some sage (here) and two kinds of thyme.







i have three of these planters, one planter was for peas (here), one for spinach (looking good)...







...one planter was for runner beans, but i'm pretty sure this isn't a runner bean...a weed?







the lovage, the lovage, it continues to push long stalks and there isn't even too much soil in the bucket.







at the nursery, i pretty much had to take what ever they had, though i think these might look pretty together once they mature a bit.







this on the other hand screams for some color, might have to replant something else there...







while i was getting my hands dirty, the guys concentrated on more important stuff...