10/26 in the garden

this little sign sits in the center of the  color wheel

it states that the garden is maintained by the 

davidson county master gardeners

it would be more accurate if it stated that the

garden is neglected by the master gardeners

what we thought would be a short visit to check on

the condition of the garden turned out to be a quick

weeding session.  in about 45 minutes, we filled the

wheel barrow twice and if we had more time we could

easily have filled it half a dozen times!

this was the biggest grasshopper i have ever seen

beautiful peppers in the pepper patch

yet another fritillary and a carpenter bee

sunday, 10/12

everyone, even dogs, deserve a second chance and this week it was sugar bear's turn to prove that she can visit the garden and not cause trouble.  she made two new friends, singer and annie who belong to fellow master gardener and project chair for the demo garden, cherri.

once again it was a butterfly day in the garden and there were many to watch.

one of many cloudless sulphurs that were flitting about and drinking nectar.

the view of the main demo garden from the shade garden

back in the early spring, author patricia lanza came to lecture the dcmg on lasagna gardening.

while in nashville, she built a small bed in the demo garden and it was taped for an episode of the volunteer gardener show on pbs.  the garden has filled out nicely and attracts many butterflies.

during our work shift today, we concentrated on the huge growth of weeds and their removal.

above is a patch of henbit growing in the pathways of the color wheel beds