Such a wet and busy summer. I've been too busy to write updates about the gardens and I will regret it next year when I'm trying to remember what happened when and how to plan for it in the gardens for next year. The weeds got a healthy start with a wet and warm spring, and have continued their phenomenal unwelcome growth all summer. I mulch heavily, and even so the weeds have been a constant challenge. My neighbor does not mulch at all, left for two weeks and came home to a large garden so overrun with weeds that she could barely find her plants.
I'm grateful for all the common but hardy plants in my garden that so bravely withstand the heat, the wet, and the weed competition to bless me with their rich colors, shapes, and fragrances. I even love some of my flowering weeds, as long as they stay within the boundaries I set for them. This is a sampling of those reliable plants that were in bloom in my garden yesterday, an overcast and rainy day.
I'm grateful for all the common but hardy plants in my garden that so bravely withstand the heat, the wet, and the weed competition to bless me with their rich colors, shapes, and fragrances. I even love some of my flowering weeds, as long as they stay within the boundaries I set for them. This is a sampling of those reliable plants that were in bloom in my garden yesterday, an overcast and rainy day.
