9/5 update, getting ready for fall

in october we will be opening the garden to visitors during the music and molasses celebration.
to be honest, the garden is always open and visitors are always welcome but unless you come out during our work sessions, there isn't anyone around to answer questions or give you a tour of the various beds. we usually hold a field day event in june but the flooding of may forced us to postpone the event and we have decided to hold an abbreviated event at the same time as the annual music and molasses festival held in the nearby agricultural museum on 10/16 & 10/17. be sure to mark it on your calendar and come on out to the festival.

in the mean time, we are attempting to get the garden ready for the event and this is what we are doing...

we are planting fall greens and crops in the junior master garden beds. this is a hyacinth bean that we have tied up on a sign in one bed. it is adjusting nicely. fall greens have been planted around this bed.

pineapple sage in bloom in the herb garden, hummingbirds love this plant and so do honeybees

basil in bloom, bees of all kinds love basil

do you have cannas in your garden? if you do then you know how much the tubers can multiply. apparently, so can the seeds that form on top. do you see the little canna that sprouted in our asparagus bed? it is in between the irises. they can be invasive and according to dave's garden, most seeds do not produce plants but i am a little skeptical of that claim.

anne and nancy turning the soil and adding leaf mold in an effort to get it ready for new crops.
they pulled out the tomatoes and soon we will have some fall veggies in this location.

construction of the herb garden is almost complete. we only have one more bed to outline and fill and then we can concentrate on adding plants and decorative accents.

the asian herb bed was out of control, at least the perilla was. it was cut back and now the path is easier to walk on. this is another bed we need to fill so if you have any interesting herbs, let us know.

we are a little overgrown; if you have the time, consider coming out and giving us a hand making it pretty for the party.

gotta love the buckeyes, they are easy to find in the garden. this one is sampling chive flowers.

one more note, we feasted on freshly baked cinnamon rolls this morning. every sunday, i bring some freshly baked treat out to the garden and today it was homemade cinnamon rolls. come on out and give us a hand and have some breakfast with us!