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Monday, June 26, 2023

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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9 comments:

  1. Your garden is incredible! That is a lot of work going into that. Between the garden and your booths, how do you ever have time to relax?

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    1. Thank you, Jim. The gardens, for all their work, are actually my relax time. Plus evenings, when we are usually on the porch or by the firepit, enjoying some adult beverages!

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  2. I once had red bergamot/bee balm in another garden in another place. It’s a good native plant.

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    1. In my area, the red only occurs rarely as a wild plant. But we do have the pink/lavender variety in profusion.

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  3. Beautiful garden and pretty impressive to see.

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  4. Thank you, Bill. It really has been a joy this year.

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  5. You garden looks wonderful lot of lovely flowers and produce too. We used to have a bergamot plant but it has disappeared this year:)

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    1. Isn't it interesting how a plant just doesn't reappear sometimes? And sad, too. I have lost so many over the years, most of them when I began working and couldn't give them the care they needed. What I would give to have them back again!

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    2. Thank you, Rosie. Its not a patch on your gardens tbough!

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