our maine home – zone 5b
Isn’t this weird? These plants grew from regular basil seed, among the basil plants with normal sized leaves. They smell and taste like basil. In hindsight, I should have frozen them to use in soup or something. But I composted them instead because – too weird.
The hoophouse has been uncovered for the season because we made a bet on warm, wet weather. We had plenty of rain. It was warm, but not the dreadful heatwave some parts of the US got. So the plants did okay. The tomatillos were especially happy. The basil also did well.
But the time comes to think about covering it up for the cold season growing. First step is to clean up the area. Lots of grass and weeds grow up around the edges. Things accumulate there, like wood, sticks, planks, plastic pots, cords, trays, watering cans…
We removed everything and Sam weedwhacked. He should be wearing safety glasses, but he was not. And got a scratched cornea as a result. Which necessitated a midnight visit to the emergency room with eye pain. It was not serious, luckily, and he anticipates a complete recovery.
I planted this rudbeckia in the back flower bed. It’s a problematic area that I’m trying to fill with beautiful care-free perennials that don’t try to take over the garden.
We got this from Wild Seed’s plant sale.
I was so excited to see this aster starting to flower in my perennial bed. I just love the vibrant purple. This is a native plant purchased from Fedco Trees. I divided it into two clumps when planting and both are doing well.
