just another sunday morning in the garden, 7/11

today was a productive day in the garden. we had just enough help to get the plants in the ground and some of the beds assembled. we also had plenty of fresh baked sour dough bread. you may recall that last year i made a sour dough starter using some of the grapes from the garden. well, it is still going strong and today i brought a loaf with me instead of cake.

take a gander at our herb garden:

darry and sam working hard at filling the beds with layers of leaves and other debris. all of the beds in the herb garden are filled using lasagna gardening methods-what a great way to compost and recycle!

we added layers to this corner and a few borage transplants. this is our medicinal herb bed and it has interesting things in it. comfrey, chamomile, horseradish, st. john's wort and feverfew are just a few of the plants in this bed.

another view of the medicinal herb bed as it stretches across to the fragrance bed. in the fragrance bed we have some southern wood, donated to us by dcmg member, waneta strickert.

sadly, all of the lavender in the bed has died due to the hot, dry weather we had right after the transplanting took place.

just another view of the medicinal herb bed, the big leafy plant is the horseradish which is currently being snacked on by harlequin bugs.

things over in the pepper patch are growing strong...

we have bell peppers

banana peppers

cow horn peppers and more not in the photo include serranos and habaneros

anne is watering some late season transplants in the hope that we can keep them going!

just look at the corn, it is really doing well in the vegetable garden.

lots of ears of corn are in our future-we hope, there are lots of deer and squirrels around to sample them too. once again, the deer came into the garden this week and this time they ate all of the leaves on the okra plants.

darry tying up the tomatoes

asparagus long beans

dr. hale's grapes-these are the same grapes i used last year to make the starter. i combined the red and white grapes and there was enough natural yeast on the skins to get a nice strong starter going.

dr. hale's white grapes-he grows these grapes to attract insects and therefore, he does not treat them with pesticides! great for the yeast if you want to make starter.

pretty hibiscus, most of these were removed to make room for the vegetable garden but we kept a few because they are pretty!

don't ask, obviously i was not paying attention and i took a picture of the bright blue sky...