we took one sunday off, just one and oh boy what a mess!!! the weeds took off after the rainfall of last week and we had a job to do today! luckily, i had anne and nancy to help me.
my lemon queen sunflowers are supposed to be part of the great sunflower project but unfortunately, i have not had time to sit and count the bees. here is a green bee and a honey bee collecting pollen and nectar.
the sunflowers are the centerpiece of the herb garden and are in a bed framed with wine bottles
isn't this gorgeous! a thriller, spiller and filler; the large plant(thriller) is perilla, the grassy plant(spiller) is lemon grass and the small plant at the bottom(filler) is vietnamese coriander. this arrangement can be found in our asian bed in the herb garden. the perilla is commonly used in korean cuisine. if you visit a korean barbeque restaurant and have bulgogi (beef cooked at your table on a little grill) you may be served the leaves of this plant. to use the leaves, place a little meat in the center of a leaf and top it with some of the condiments in the little dishes that accompany the meat, roll it up like a wrap and eat it.
we filled the bin today-that's how many weeds we pulled!
pretty basil, time for pesto
onion flowers
nancy picking peppers, how many peppers did nancy pick-ask peter piper...
deer love okra leaves
sam and sugar bear taking a break in the shade
breakfast today was a cranberry cake, come on out and join us-we need the help!
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