Wild boar wreckings!

I got a photo from my brother this morning, it's from his neighbor's garden. Yesterday this used to be a nice lawn but last night it got visited (and very much destroyed) by wild boars.





My brothers and his wife already have a net/fence around their garden (that's what makes the photo look checkered) to protect it from deer so luckily they didn't get any four legged vandals on their lawn.

The good thing with being a balcony gardener is that I don't get unwelcome visits from wild boars (or deer or killer slugs). But since my balcony is completely barren right now a couple of wild boars might actually make it a bit more interesting. LOL

It's a jungle UP there!

Remember that I complained that my balcony looked boring from the outside? That's no longer true! Now it's jungle-ness is shown from the outside as well. And anything less than gorgeous on these photos is caused by the photographer really old camera. LOL












It's still looking even better from the inside though


Look at all those Runner Beans!!!! I've gotten plenty of beans this year! But to be honest there's less of them now then there were earlier today. Yummmmm!!! LOL

I've gotten plenty of Tomatoes as well, but they're still green and unripe. It seems like everybody's having a hard time getting their tomatoes to ripen this summer, EVEN my mom's neighbor Irja (she's one of those people that's part garden faerie, every inch of her garden is about 100 times more jungle-like than my balcony)



Tomato - Yellow Pear



Tomato - Yellow Pear



Tomato - Tiny Tim

Balconies

I've done another attempt to take some photos from the outside, both of my own balcony and others. I still think I would need a better camera to do this though



Close up of my balcony



My balcony and my closest neighbors'. The hanging baskets above my
balcony are all Petunias. This is the neighbor who's flowers brainwashed
me in to getting little old lady flowers this year (He's a guy though)



Flower boxes filled with Nasturtiums/Krasse on the balcony next to mine



This guy wanted me to take photos of his balcony as well.
Apparently he and the guy above me have a friendly balcony
competition every year. This year I think this balcony wins.



This ones is prettier IRL than on my photo though.



But well, not all balconies are pretty. My next door neighbor doesn't seem
to care (it's still a huge improvement compared to the former neighbor)


If you ask me my balcony looks a bit boring from the outside. Not boring as all those neglected balconies (which unfortunately are in majority) but boring compared to have it looks on the inside and compared to some of my neighbors' balconies. It WOULD have looked more interesting if the Runner Beans/Rosenbönor and Sweet Peas/Luktärtor finally would get some flowers though. I think I need to come up with something else for my trellises next summer. But flowerboxes on the outside isn't worth the trouble (imagine trying to take care of them though the trellis) especially since I wouldn't see much of them on the inside anyway. But well, maybe ONE flowerbox where I don't have any trellis?


Some photos of the "bonus garden" (unfortunately not much blossoms at the moment).


This flowerbed is beautiful in the spring (not so much now though)

At my mom's again (July 5)

More catching up to do! Last weekend I visited my mom again and of course I took some more photos. My mom has also sent me a bunch of photos she's taken herself to include in the blog.



Unknown climbing rose



Close up (Photo: My mom)



Not quite sure of the name but it looks like some kind of thistle/tistel
(Photo: My mom)









Alcymist. Isn't it impressive?









Still Alchymist but in a different light (Photo: My mom)



(Photo: My mom)



Stanwell Perpetual (one of my favorites in my old garden)



Peony/Pion (Photo: My mom)



Foxglove/Fingeborgsblomma/Digitalis (Photo: My mom)



Peony/Pion



Tagetes and bumblebee (Photo: My mom)



My mom's house! Eh.. maybe not.. LOL



THIS is however! (Photo: My mom)



The house with the garage /weaving cottage and
green house in the front (Photo: My mom)

More from my mom's garden

I took some more photos at my mom's garden yesterday afternoon. Luckily they haven't had as many deer as usually in the garden for while now (only a few) so they've gotten to keep some of their flowers. One of the good things with a balcony is that I have less deer and slug problems. LOL



Gorgeous peonies/pioner



I couldn't pick a favorite photo






Isn't their climbing rose, Alchymist, absolutely stunning?
This is only a small part if it, it's HUGE!!! (It's more yellow IRL)



Irises by the pond and even small Hostas/Funkior that's survived
the deer (they're favorite dish an are usually just small stumps, in
a less deer frequented gardens they're a lot bigger than this though)



"The Saringe Rose".


This rose comes from my grandmother's childhood home in
a tiny village called Saringe. The plant has moved around in my family depending on who's had a garden at the moment. It lived in my old garden before and moved to my mom in 2005. It's the only rose I brought with me out of all the stunning roses I had. My brother also got a part of it for his new garden last year. The mother plant is HUGE! I'll ask my mom if she's got photos of it.



My mom's cat! He's the brother of my two spoiled brats.



Meadow Rue/Akljeruta (Thalictrum aquilegiifolium)



Close up

My mom's garden

I was visiting my mom yesterday to celebrate Midsummer and I thought this was a great opportunity to show you some of her garden (again I assume that balcony blog readers have an interest in other similar stuff, like gardens)

Unfortunately the weather and, because of that, the photo conditions were really bad. It was rainy and humid and those thick thunder clouds that makes the light so weird. Even if it didn't actually rain when I took my photos all of them turned out more or less blurry and well just not generally very good. I really wish I had a better camera (6 years is old for a digital camera) Maybe it's not fair to show my mom's garden in a less flattering way but I still think you will get a feeling for how lush and absolutely gorgeous it is.



This is just a part of her HUGE Rhododendron
(unfortunately the flowers had been a bit knocked down by all the rain)



They have deer problems which is why the young
apple tree in the background stands in a cage.



The potatoes and strawberries are caged too



White Bleeding Heart/Löjtnantshjärta and a little fellow made of birch



Columbine/Akleja



Part of the huge flowerbed below one of their porches



Garage/car port/weaving cottage seen in the background.