Wednesdays At The Garden

All I have been able to manage so far is to come every Wednesday to water the garden and weed while I'm there. Sometimes I have two hours and sometimes only one. Often I'm alone there, which I don't mind. Sometimes I get to chat with other gardeners which I also enjoy. This dragonfly was enjoying his flight around the lush vegetation. I have to admit that he just about took my breath away- I've never seen a red one before!

Patricia and her daughter harvested quite a lot from their personal row! They generously shared their zucchini with me since I didn't grow any.

I got to have a long chat with the man named Deb too. We talked about all kinds of things including Vespas, gardens, museums, and Johnny Cash.

The garden is looking fabulous! Every part of it is busting out with flowers, vegetables, vining beans, and happy bugs like ladybugs and dragonflies.

It's such a calm place to be. I look forward to my Wednesday time there.

Master Gardener's Tour of our Garden

Saturday, July 19th, the garden hosted a tour of our garden for the Yamhill County Master Gardeners. Those that attended were also treated to view two to two other gardens in the neighborhood. One of them being Dave and Bev's where we all gathered for a potluck snack.



Heidi and Matt helped entertain the garden guest with their music. Miranda also played a few tunes on the piano.

Saturday Work Day in Mid - July

The Amazing Sunflower House.

The kids in the sunflower house. Look how tall it is. We have all been amazed at how fast these sunflowers have grown. I planted morning glory vines at the base of the sunflowers but I can hardly find them. I think they are getting too much shade from there "supports".
The bean tunnel is growing also and the bird house gourd plants we put at the corners are starting to really grow. They may catch up with the beans soon.


The Three Friends Garden

Thank you again Dave. Now the corn is finally growing. It looks like the squash is well on it's way to covering and shading the earth. I did get the beans sown a few days ago. I hope that the corn can keep up. If not I have plans for a twig trellis to support the beans.



A Little Bit of Fun at the Garden.

The kids cooling off on a hot July Saturday. I think the plants were suppose to be getting the watered. They may have hit a few.

Here are some pictures from last Saturday and Sunday in the Children's Garden. June 28th and 29th.


Our first sunflower bloom. This Sunflower House is going to be amazing. I hold on to a tiny bit of hope that we may have a Three Friend's garden also. Dave when he came back from Europe started a few little corn plants in his green house. I just couldn't get them to start from seed in the garden. We talked about it and can't really decide why, but I like the "crow has been eating the seeds" theory. The only ones that seemed to come up were the seeds I planted by the child's pinwheel.
Here is Miranda posing in the Bean Tunnel. Coralyn's magic beans are continuing to grow. We have some nice looking little lettuces planted in front of the beans.

Finally, Miranda in the Sunflower House. It's now over her head. I can't believe how fast it's growing.

The rest of the garden is growing also. Now we just need to keep up with the weeds.

Janet