2023 September Garden Sustainable Stewardship
It’s time to shake things up. I will be doing my first 1/2 marathon with a few of my friends. I will be walking. On Monday, August 7th I started training. I’ve never walked more than five miles at any given time, but I know I can do it. I will be practicing, though.
1/2 Emerald Isle Marathon route
During the third week in September, I will work with Maximillian XS Thomas, video producer and editor, to build an online three-hour sustainable garden seminar. I will also be giving this seminar in person on October 21st.
I was excited to learn my book will be released on May 28, 2024!
My boss, Lauren, and I at Kathryn’s Bistro for our second annual Emerald Isle gathering! We had dinner afterwards where I got to meet Adam, her husband, and their precious son, Miles!
SEPTEMBER
The Back 40 (ft) North to South
The Back 40 (ft) South to North
Gazebo Corner
The Epimedium Patch
Spring Ephemeral Patch Extension, formally The Wildflower Patch Extension—
Spring Ephemeral patch, formally The Wildflower Patch—
The Southside
The Ostrich Fern Garden
The Front Fountain Garden—
The Food Forest Extension—During the middle of August, my husband, David, helped me with the front garden edging. When the front is done, all bed edging will be complete. The edging was expensive, but I purchased four 8-sections over time to not kill my budget!
The Parterre
The Raspberry/Scuppernong
The River Bed
Native bees on Cutleaf coneflower, Rudbeckia laciniata., in the pollinator garden
The Pollinator Garden
The Blackberry Patch with Chimney Swift Tower
Rock Garden—
The North Side
The crape myrtle next to the Girl’s Garden is doing it’s annual shedding
The Girl’s Garden—It’s so sad. Remember the chick massacre? We one remained and three adults. The adults have still not welcomed that poor lonely baby into the flock.
The Wildlife Pond—
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Glossary
Until soon,
Helen
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