Summertime in the garden is hot, there is lots of work to keep up with the weeds and the critters that lunch and much on our veggies. All the same, none of us would trade away all that effort in a million years! With the work comes the rewards; produce and seeds to share, flowers and lovely plants to admire and the fellowship we are given from working together on our little demonstration garden.
Here are a few snapshots for you, from July.
From the back of the garden, the Kent Golding Hops have filled in and promise many blooms again this year.
Sugar Peas blooming. You have to get up close and personal to see the beautiful blooms.
A sunny favorite: Calendula.
The color scheme of our veggies seems to be red and green!
If you peer into the center of the stalk of the Fava Beans you will catch a glimpse of the delicate blooms that will become yummy beans later this season. (with the help of our friendly pollinators)
Purple Mountain Orach seeds; just one of the many plants we allow to go to seed.
This Boston Marrow Squash looks like it's ready to pick, but by the end of the season it will be very large, and the color with be a dark orange.
This is our Cardoon. Sadly, some moles loosened the roots so she is lying on her side. That hasn't stopped her from blooming, or the bees from visiting!
Borage with Evening Primrose in the background.
The Daylilies never disappoint!
Love in a Mist looks so lacey in the bed along the main pathway.
The China Rose is blooming well this year.
Black Seeded Simpson lettuce forming seed heads.
Early Jersey Wakefield cabbage. Such an impressive vegetable!
Love the globes of the Red Weathersfield onions towering over the garden.
Sweet Hollyhocks.
