august 24

today was a special day in the garden for us, it marked the day that we both finished all of the requirements to become certified master gardeners.  as of this day, we have completed all of the required volunteer hours and continuing education hours to become certified!  we should be wearing green badges at next months meeting.

one of the biggest reasons we favor working in the demo garden is the ambiance.  it is so peaceful.  the sounds of the birds all around us are all that we hear.  on occasion, we have visitors stop by and it is always fun to hear them compliment the garden or remark that they never knew it was here and we always answer as many questions as we can.  today's visit wasn't much different except that darry was lucky enough to catch sight of a fox as it ran through one of the meadows.

a honey bee at work

we picked lots of these apples, now the dilemma; pie or cake???

tent caterpillars near the orchard

a close up of the ugly buggers

an unusual little plant in the junior master garden

hyacinth beans climbing up the bucket gardens post

darry picking weeds in the pepper patch

box elder beetles in the ornamental peppers

the deer have been visiting the garden.  they have eaten some hostas as well as the tuber roses above which are in one of the junior master garden beds.