Garden update: fruits, vegetables, flowers... and one intruder

I don't do garden updates many times. The reason is simple; I don't have a garden where I live most of the year. However, summers are spent in an old house where the garden is the heart of this home. It is a space where vegetables, fruits and flowers grow and live together. I can show you how they are doing this year.

My in-laws take care of it. There is a lot of work around a garden... in spring you have to prepare the ground and sow the seeds of the vegetables you want to harvest later: carrots, onion, tomatoes (sometimes they buy young seedlings of tomatoes but also sow from seeds), cucumber, pumpkin, potatoes etc.

The fruits grow on trees that have already lived in the garden for many years. Still, they have to trim the branches, protect the trees during the winter, pick the fruits when they ripen and collect the dry leaves once autumn arrives. It is not easy work to be a gardener, but it is entertaining.

The flowers also need some maintenance, and also watering (the same as the veggies and fruits need to be regularly watered). This year is dry so many flowers are struggling with the heat and the lack of water - the vegetables have the priority when there is a water shortage.

Priorities... ok, vegetables are the ones that will come first in this little garden tour.
We will start with the tomatoes. Believe me, there are no better tomatoes than the ones that are grown in one's own garden. There are different types of them but I love all of them.

The pumpkin was not planted by anyone this year, it just decided to grow by itself. 🤷‍♀

The onion was already taken out from the ground last week. They say it is best to do it at the beginning of August.

There are two fig trees growing here and bearing fruits. In the smaller tree, the figs are still green. From the other, bigger tree I picked some very ripened fruits already. The bad thing is that there are a lot of mosquitoes... I got pretty much bites while the photos for this post were taken.

There is a pear tree in the back garden...uh, more mosquitoes hahaha and the pears aren't even ripe yet. I was a bit angry at myself why I didn't wear trousers and a long-sleeved shirt when I went into this "look around the garden" adventure.

Plums. A fruit that is very popular here and usually matures at the end of August... this year it was early so I got just a few to taste. Here, one plum, a lonely creature on this tree, posing for the photo.

The Roof Cat comes to our side of the roof every time we are in the garden. He gets some food there, on the roof but rarely comes down because there is another grey cat that is visiting us every summer and they don't get along well.

The grapes are almost ready to be picked. They arrived earlier than usual because it was so warm all year round.

Those flowers (I don't know the exact name of them) that have more shade during the day are doing well. However, many of them are exposed to the sun most of the day; Those are struggling a bit.