its that time of year when things slow down in the garden, except the weeds. plants are responding to the lower temperatures and shorter days by going to seed and dying off. lately, we have just been working to maintain the beds, in other words, remove weeds. the increased rainfall for the month has made this a challenge. can you believe its already fall?
the raingarden still looks great despite the reappearance of southern blight. the asters have come into full bloom and are spectacular, so is the beauty berry.
a close up of the asters in the rain garden
another plant succumbed to the dreaded southern blight
a close up shows the formation of the blight-it looks like little seeds around the base of the stalks causing the plant to die off.
i just can't get over the basil, it has been spectacular this year!
the marigolds are still putting on a show
the junior beds look great but some of the plants are beginning to wind down for the season.
if you take a walk around and look at the various beds, you will come across the bee nectar garden. at first it just looks like an unruly patch of plants. upon closer inspection, you will find an unusual collection of plants that were selected by jim miles to attract and supply bees.
the basil plants in the bee nectar garden were teeming with bees of all kinds. in this photo are some carpenter bees.
coneflowers and plumbago look nice together.
if you come on out on a sunday morning, you will find us working and you may even get to share the cake with us. each week i try to bring a treat for all who come on out to visit or work. this weeks offering, a sourdough gingerbread cake made from my grape starter. you may recall from an earlier post that i gathered some of the grapes from the demo garden and made a starter with them. well, it has been very successful and we have been enjoying homemade sourdough bread by using the starter. you never know what i will bring to the garden for breakfast so you will have to come on out and join us sometime!
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