we have been busy in the garden. it is music and molasses time, the event is on 10/16 &10/17 and we will have the garden open for tours on 10/16. we have been busy trying to make it look pretty for the visitors.
the shade gardens have been a bit neglected. we took a shovel to the compacted soil and turned in some leaves to add needed nutrients and substance. we will give the beds a lasagna layer or two as well in the hope that we can begin to amend the hard soil.
the herb garden got a layer of mulch for the walk ways. we have been adding lasagna layers to all of the beds and decided to mulch the walkways in the hope of keeping down weeds.
our rose garden is another neglected area. since the maple tree next to it has decided to drop its leaves, i raked up a bunch, with joy's help, and gave each bed a layer of leaves. we then wandered to the various pine stands around and collected needles.
each bed was given a layer of needles over the layer of leaves. this will add valuable humus to the beds and hopefully give the roses what they need to grow better next year.
in order to make room for the new herb garden, we had to move lots of plants. most of them ended up down in the area of the perennial garden. this garden was screaming for help! the lack of rain with the high heat of the summer took a toll on the garden. whether or not the new layer of mulch will do much remains to be seen. 
the grasses look amazing. some have grown so much that they need to be divided.last week, we had a special volunteer working with us
our daughter, devon, needed to perform community service as a requirement for school. she came and worked in the garden with us. here she is with darry in the vegetable garden.
they were harvesting eggplants and peppers.
our swallowtail caterpillars are getting big!
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