The ornamental alliums (members of the onion family) in the front garden are fully in bloom now. Unfortunately, a few were snapped by the wind. These were cut and made into a bouquet for one lucky volunteer. Also unfortunately, there was a lot of trash in the front garden, which was picked up by the bravest volunteers.
A new wildflower bed was seeded next to the new patio.
Onions, pole beans and snap peas were sowed in the large dodecagonal bed. Bush beans and soy beans were sowed in half of a nearby bed.
The fava beans sowed earlier in the dodecagonal bed are looking happy.
And the radishes in that same bed continue to flourish.
Swiss chard was moved from the cold frame and transplanted into new beds.
Unfortunately, the tomato plants suffered a bit from the wind earlier in the week. They were looking a bit beaten down. Hopefully, the thorough watering they got on Saturday, and the sun over the weekend, will help them toughen up a bit.
The herb bed is rather full, so cumin and tarragon were started in pots. Chives and mint continue to proliferate and be harvested.
Creeping buttercup had taken over about three-quarters of one of the flower beds, so a team of three spent a good long time weeding, but only managed to get about halfway finished. Creeping buttercup is a nice looking plant with its serrated, variegated leaves and bright buttercup flowers, but it was strangling the sedum and everything else that might want to be coming up in that bed later.
We’re looking forward to lots of transplanting (and a lot less weeding) next week. The sweet peppers and the hot peppers are spending their last week in the cold frame, just to be safe.
...and the wood chips from the city finally arrived! They were spread throughout the garden to help keep down weeds.
With thanks to Evelyn Y. (again), who seems to have become our unofficial photographer.
