Wow! It's actually a sunny morning! This is a miracle! My sister from New York is constantly telling me how I should appreciate our cold fog (as opposed to their hot fog), and I do, honest, but it sure feels nice to wake up to a morning without the gray skies. I think our garden likes it, too. Look at the size of everything! The sunflowers are getting huge and are ready to produce flowers. We should have a good collection of seeds to enjoy for the Harvest Festival in October.
The zuchinni squash in the Pre-school bed is getting bigger, too. Any bets on how big it will be by school?
With some help the last of the female Kiwi plants were planted today against the fence. We have three females and two male plants. We won't get fruit this year, but it will be really interesting to see the differences between the plants as they grow.
The Redwood Retreat is a wonderful, cool hide-away. The hydrangea's are blooming (we have three different kinds, one of which is a climbing hydrangea) and the ferns are all doing well. Thanks to a couple of students and their families, we should have a couple of benches to sit on by school.
If you are interested in making a bench for the Redwood Retreat, please e-mail me at thomasgarske@comcast.net. I have a set of plans with everything you need to purchase to make one 4-foot bench. We would like them all to be the same to they fit in this space. Remember, any money and/or time spent can go towards parent hours and middle school community service hours!
The garden beds are so full, they're overflowing into the walkways! Since the flowers need pruning and we don't want to waste them, I'm planning a flower pressing party on Thursday, July 22, from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.. You can cut and press your own flowers, cut bouquets to dry, or take home a fresh bunch of flowers for someone you care about. I'll send out an email at the end of this week with a list of supplies for you to bring.
Contact me at thomasgarske@comcast.net if you're interested in joining in. Children are welcome with parent supervision.
God bless and I'll see you in the garden!
Ms. G.
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