The other day I decided to take some pictures of my garden. It's always an enjoyable adventure, as there is always something new to see. This trip through I was able to capture an awesome black & yellow garden spider with her mammoth silken egg sac. These spiders are regulars in my garden. This one was on my Japanese anemone.
Since this posting I have read a little more about these spiders, and learned that the young spiderlings overwinter within their eggs. In spring they hatch and disperse. As you can see in the picture the sac is secured by a web which will capture prey in the spring so the little guys won't go hungry. Female garden spiders die soon after laying their eggs. I must be careful during my fall clean up so I won't disturb the egg sac.
Since this posting I have read a little more about these spiders, and learned that the young spiderlings overwinter within their eggs. In spring they hatch and disperse. As you can see in the picture the sac is secured by a web which will capture prey in the spring so the little guys won't go hungry. Female garden spiders die soon after laying their eggs. I must be careful during my fall clean up so I won't disturb the egg sac.
These dwarf snapdragons are still beautiful, and add some much needed color to my fall landscape.
Growing up, my dad always planted tomatoes. As city dwellers the garden was never very big. And he'd always let me buy a few lantanas to plant in front of the tomatoes. Maybe that's why I love these so much. Still providing color to my newest garden.
I just planted this silver sage last fall. The leaves are big and soft, reminding me of lamb's ear.
I haven't done a very good job of dead heading my rudbeckia this year, so it's not as full as usual. It's a daily job that I've neglected. But the blue salvia, just keeps on blooming. This is my favorite annual, although this patch came up on it's own this year because we had such a mild winter.
I planted some morning glorys this spring and the crazy things just don't want to bloom. Hey, that's OK, the vines are pretty!
Each year I seek out a bright orange begonia to hang under my deck. Beautiful!
I'm glad that phlox have such a lengthy blooming time!
My garlic chives are just starting to open.
I love my Dahlias!
It's been fun growing gladiolas this year, but the bulbs will all have to come out this fall and stored for the winter. Not looking forward to that as I have at least 100 bulbs out there.
We have quite the bounty in the vegetable garden this year. This gourd plant came up from seeds left over from last year. It grew up the fence and is making quite an interesting display!
We have so many peppers this year, we can't give them away fast enough! Paul is using many of the green peppers to can with our tomatoes.
And the beets are delish!
The tomatoes are very plentiful. My husband has already canned about 35 quarts.
The parsnips are happy this year! We won't dig any up until after the first frost. That first frost just seems to sweeten them up!
I've probably bored most of you to death, so I'll end my little garden tour and get to work on freezing beans, my sweet husband picked another bucket full last evening!
Thanks for visiting!
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