mid-summer; hot, hot, hot in the garden, july 17 update

 so hot in the garden!!!  we need rain, anybody know a good rain dance?  for all of you who come out to visit the garden, please keep in mind that this is a demonstration garden and the plants in it are on display.  please do not pick the fruits and vegetables on the plants and remember, removing plants-even self sown seedlings as well as the fruits and veggies is the same as stealing!  the pathologists in the building use the various plants and beds for research and you could skew the results and void reasearch that has taken weeks if not months to establish.  that said, here is what is going on in the garden this week.

we have finally begun the task of moving the arbor to the herb garden.  first it was taken apart and the top section was removed.  the side sections were dug out and relocated to the main garden to await installation.

 ti took all the effortt and muscles of our gardeners and despite the heat, they got it moved!

 with the lack of rain, we have had to water.  here is virginia giving the plants some much needed moisture.

 the view from the main garden down to the perennials

 ants like butterfly weed too!

 black and blue salvia

 i love to watch the butterflies!  followed this one around and got some nice shots of him, enjoy!