5 . 23 . 18 - A Busy Day in the Garden

We arrived this morning to a sunny day, and the roses in full bloom!  If you happen to be in the area make sure to drive by - they only bloom once a year.  You have until about mid-June before they start to fade away.  

After an hour of work, we welcomed a group of 5th graders from Vancouver to explore with us. 

We explained about saving seeds from the garden to plant next year. 

Then we moved to the hops arbor, where everyone busied themselves looking for ladybugs and their eggs on the backs of the leaves.  

This is the time of year that the aphids begin showing up in the gardens.  And right behind them, the ladybugs.  Once the eggs hatch the larvae go to work munching down that aphid population. 

A few photos of the plants in bloom right now (below). 

So many blooms! They look like stars from a distance. 

Sage blooming behind the lemon balm.

This is one of our happy volunteers, Karen.  She is planting scarlet runner beans around the bean teepee.  Stay tuned for more photos as the vines grow!