Down low in the garden

Last week I posted some close up photos of the flowers in my garden. This week I decided to get down low and take shots from another angle. I only lasted a short while out there, because it is rather hot out there, and when you are a woman "of a certain age" the heat gets to you even more. I don't have hot flashes, there is no "off"  I am just hot all... the... time...

But, you don't want to hear about that so, on with the photos.

The Three Sisters, or what is left of them. The theory of companion planting says the corn will provide the support for the pole beans, the squash will shade the roots and the green beans will help the other two affix nitrogen.

The raised beds were not deep enough, silly me thought the plants would start in the beds and then grow into the soil below. Nope! Weeds grew up, but the plants could not penetrate our granite like soil. Note to self, build the planters up another layer before Fall planting. The squash never did much of anything and the corn did just okay. Lots of green beans though.

I have two different types of lavender in the yard, English and French, and several plants of each. I love it! and so do the bees.

After this photo was taken the basil was subsequently harvested and made into Pesto and frozen. I will take some out soon to make Pesto Fries (yes, you read that right, PESTO FRIES! and they are AMAZING!)

And finally, one of the water lilies in the pond.

I haven't set up my link party page yet, but this post will be shared on Photo Friday over at Pierced Wonderings. If you want to see some really lovely photos, go check it out.