Back in the Gardens

63 this morning, clear and windy. Probably leftover winds from those terrible tornadoes in the midwest. Got up to 79, with wind, sun, and scudfing clouds all day.

Today I got back into the gardens, pulling weeds, training the cucumbers to the arch, dusting with diatomaceous earth and wood ash for bugs and slugs, and sidedressing here and there with my mix of blood meal, bone meal, wood ash and Epsom salts. There is definitely some bug damage, but everything looks really good so far.

I harvested another 2 heads of cabbage and made them into sauerkraut. Also 

2 more heads of broccoli which went into the freezer, along with the gallon of peas I shelled yesterday. So our winter stockpile is slowly growing.

I picked lettuce and radishes too, for tonight's dinner. These are the largest and best radishes I have ever grown. I believe it is the cooler temperatures that have made our early veggies do so well this year.

A few photos of flowers. First, a new rose in bloom.

A new daylily, planted last year.

My first white lily in bloom!

The herb garden is beginning to take off at last

 I can't wait for the calendula and the bachelor's button to bloom to get some color in here.

I have wanted red bergamot for years. I am so happy to see it in bloom.

My poor hollyhocks. Deer got in and ate almost all the leaves. They ate almost every bit of my other hollyhock. So frustrating.

This hydrangea is only 3 years old and doing so well.

Another of my new roses has bloomed.

This evening we loaded the van for the booths,  so that's tomorrow's to-do, along with a doctor's appointment. 

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