My Summer Gardening Pleasure

The joys of summer gardens.  Here in the Chicago area we have a limited number of months in which to enjoying the warm outdoors.  I am pretty much a homebody so I like my surroundings to be enjoyable and find gardening helps to achieve that goal.   I have a fairly wooded backyard so am limited to the variety of plants that will grow in the shade.  The conditions change every year too as the canopy of maples, oaks and walnut trees thickens or thins out to expose  more windows of sunlight onto the woodland floor.  Containers of annual plants and impatiens in the ground are a great way to add color all summer long, especially in areas that are more shaded.

Here are some pictures of what the garden looks like this summer.