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July 12, 2010, 8:56 AM

Summer's First Tomatoes Here are the first tomatoes from the Kelleher garden. (Photo submitted by Ed Kelleher)
Photo submitted by Ed Kelleher
The Lone Cuke Here's our first cucumber of the season. (Photo submitted by Ed Kelleher)
Photo submitted by Ed Kelleher
Green Cherry Tomatoes on the Vine These green cherry tomatoes have another week or so before they are incorporated into a summer salad.
Artichokes Full Bloom
Corn and beans "Knee-high by the 4th of July"
First Harvest Strawberries, beets, and mustard greens freshly harvested from our family garden!
Amazing sunflowers! Staci never thought she'd rest under the shade of a sunflower!
baby bird baby mocking bird
The Swicker's Garden Our new raised beds at the farm outside of Lovettsville
The Swicker's Garden 20 inch zuke dwarfs 50 pound dog
CHERRY BLOSSOMS TIDAL BASIN 2008
First Pea Pod This was the first full pea pod of the season from my garden. Was picked and photographed early morning on June 3, 2010.
First jalapeno
okra
cucumber my cucumber garden
cherry tomato
Golden Summer It's been a good year for the Butterfly Garden in our backyard.
Condon pond Built from giveaways, Freecycle and rain barrel water.
Ripe Tomato
Mignon's Rose
Garden Goodness Squash Blossom
Vibrant This is from my garden in New Freedom, Pa. Submitted by Linda Wood)
Button (Submitted by Allyson)
Submitted by Allyson
Dragonfly (Submitted by Allyson)
Submitted by Allyson
Black Eyed Susans (Submitted by Allyson)
Submitted by Allyson
Spring 2010 Pic from Andre's Flower Garden
Garden Goodness Dahlia Beauty (Submitted by Cookie)
Submitted by Cookie
Garden Goodness Front Yard Corner (Submitted by Cookie)
Submitted by Cookie
Serenty Back Porch (Submitted by Cookie)
Submitted by Cookie
Hummingbird One Hummingbird stopped by!
Bumblebee The Bumblebees love my flowers!
Tansy My Tansy in bloom!
Tiger Lily I 'think' this is a Tiger Lily my neighbor planted!
Dragon Fly We were outside at the right time when this Dragonfly stopped by.
Bee Balm Bee Balm and red peppers my Granddaughter planted for her father.
Crape Myrtle This Crape Myrtle is over 20 years old!
Sunflower I 'think' this is a cicada enjoying the sunflowers also!
Sunflower The bees are enjoying them also!
Sunflower My Granddaughter and I planted sunflowers in the Spring and are now enjoying them!
Watermelon-Eat & Wear A carved half-watermelon "helmut" while eating the other half.
July Lillies My backyard lillies in Annapolis
Tomatoes from my garden
Tomato flower
Tomato green
Butterfly on Bloom II Skyline Drive
Reaching Toward the Sun Skyline Drive
Passion3 Passion flower in my sun room.
Herb garden Our 100% organic home herb garden
Tomatoes Salad size tomatoes from my 100% organic home garden
Yellow Squash Yellow squash is coming along nicely. From my 100% organic home garden
Banana Pepper A wonderful banana pepper from my home garden
Corn that I didn't plant I have a neighbor who leaves out corn for the squirrels, and they buried kernels in my garden. I decided to keep one plant just to see what happens. Here it is, next to my lovely and prolific black-eyed Susans.
Grey Tree Frog A happy tree frog after a rain shower!
Windy Hill Garden First basket of produce gathered from my garden this year!
Passion Flower Cluster Waiting to see if my attempt to pollinate by hand bears fruit.
A little Light House Fishing Cape May, NJ
WWII Towers at Dusk Rehoboth Beach, DE
Butterfly on Bloom Skyline Drive
Cactus Bloom US Botanic Gardens, Washington, DC
Blowing in the Wind Skyline Drive
Herndon Farmers Market Good Enough to Eat
eggplants
Black Eyed Susans
Black Eyed Susans
Garden Butterfly Dining on the butterfly bush....
A Hungry Hawk Moth I captured this hawk moth in my backyard at dusk. Have had up to five at a time!
Tom Temin's Tricky Pick Federal News Radio anchor Tom Temin with an eggplant grown in the Commmunity Based Gardens in Rockville. Doesn't it look like President Richard Nixon?
Nixon Look-a-like? This eggplant was grown in Rockville. Federal News Radio anchor Tom Temin says it may remind you of President Richard Nixon. Eggplant drawing courtesy of Temin. (Photo submitted by Kristi King)
Photo submitted by Kristi King
water fountain my water garden
long squash vietnamese: trái bầu
My Apricot Tree apricots
My Garden Goods from my organic garden
Little Garden Friend Onion Flower
My Japanese Plum Tree This Summer
Froggie went a swimmin' in my pool I promise to stay out of the pool
Hummingbird on my butterfly bush
Orchid at National Botanic Gardens Taken 4-21-00 with Nikon Coolpix L100
Black Swallowtail Taken 7-31-00 with Nikon Coolpix L100
Zebra Swallowtail & Friends Taken 7-31-00 with Nikon Coolpix L100
Monarch Taken 7-31-00 with Nikon Coolpix L100
Cool Drink hummingbird feeding during the pig roast
Lunch for a bee Catoctin Mountain State Park, Thurmont, MD
Feelin blue Near Mendenhall Glacier, AK Jun 2009
Fruit Crates of summer Near Grandy, N.C.
Farmer Market Melons Near Grandy, N.C.
Red Sunflower This photo was taken in my garden with my Canon 3500.
Veggie Man Cucumbers, jalapenos, long cayene, green, red tomatoes, cherry peppers, habanero eyes
Flower Garden on Hill in BackYyard Vinca, Marigold, Petunia, Celosia, Impatiens, Zinnia, Begonia, and Salvia
Butterfly This photo was taken in my yard with my Canon 3500.
American Lady Butterfly This photo was taken in my yard with my Canon 3500. Isn't she beautiful?!?
Hot, hot, hot! Cherry bomb, jalapeno and chili peppers...with a few sweet peppers thrown in.
Sunflower From my brother's garden.
Yellow Iris From my garden.
Flocks & Hummer's Flocks with hummingbird moths
My Floral Pride
Black Swallowtail Caterpiller I snapped this picture on the parsley growing in a pot on the patio in Culpeper.
Bumble Bee A very large bumble bee enjoying some nectar on my seedum.
Butterfly's on Flocks Flocks are so beautiful, small, wonderful smell not to mention the lil animals drawn to them.
Second Hummingbird Moth's Hummingbird moth's size 1" on my Flocks
Hummingbird Moth's Very tiny Hummingbird moth's on my Flocks
Hummingbird A hummingbird on my mimosa tree in Culpeper on a beautiful Labor Day Weekend.
Mantis A praying mantis showed itself after getting a shower on the mums....
sg botanical garden
Picking Mangoes Angel picking mangoes.
Strawberries
Strawberry Bunch
Summers Garden My dog Baron enjoying all my labor of love
Fall Beauty Yellow Mums in my Mom's flower garden in Culpeper, VA
Curious Chipmunks I captured a shot of this baby chipmunk in my backyard and Mom chipmunk peeped out from their den!
squash
Catnip love Neige's true love, the catnip bush.
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