Here's an old (2018) snapshot of garden #1 that the above flowers came from:
View attachment 258106
Garden #1 is a vacant lot owned by my neighbor a couple doors down. She bought it to stop a business across the street from turning it into a parking lot. For years she just kept it mowed (works full-time). A little over a decade ago she and my wife were out yacking and she said too bad I have to work -- this would make a nice garden or community garden or something. I got volunteered.
The vegetable garden #2 is our backyard.
Here's a snapshot of garden #3:
View attachment 258107
I take a photo every time I finish mowing (had a little trouble with the city once so need the document). St. Louis has a lot of vacant property and a program where you can rent a vacant lot for $5.00 and garden. We tried that picking a lot that we thought no one would ever buy and planted fruit trees. Unfortunately after we had fruit bearing trees for two years someone bought it.
So we decided to start over and this time purchase the lots. This is the small lot and has 13 trees (peaches, plums). This is their first year so not much to see but lots of work. The other lot #4 is twice as big and has 25 trees but I don't have a photo of that one. The trees there are also in their first year.
I said I live to garden -- what I should have said is I live to mow. Off to mow garden #1 as soon as it dries out from this mornings rain.