September 2017

This is what is going on in my garden September 2017!

Harvesting:

• Carrots
• Cayenne peppers
• Thai peppers
• Parsley (looks fabulous)
• Basil (bolting)
• Tomatoes

Planted:

• Bunching Onions from grocery store
• Pineapple – 2
• Taro plant

What am I doing?:

• Began direct composting in beds and side yard to improve my dirt (see post on direct composting)
• Getting rid of a lot of grubs in raised beds
• Ordered seeds from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds

Musings:

• Still have some flowers in the garden!
• One Foxglove (have 4 total, but 3 are really pretty green foliage, but no flowers) – picture below
• Fuchsias – Blacky, Lisa, and Mary Ellen Guffy  – all doing very well
• Parrot plant is looking healthy but not flowering
• Have not dug up my Dahlias nor started composting by the windows
• Rudbeckia is blooming – love this plant
• Marigolds doing well, have 2 varieties
• Nasturtium doine well and growing long
• Echinacea – hot pink variety doing fabulously – orange one looks dead
• Butterfly bush is still blooming