Tuesday, September 1, 2009

What's New in My Garden Today



What's New in My Garden Today

The green beans are still progressing nicely and the sunflowers have also poked their heads out of the ground (8 days after planting) but other than that it is a pretty slow day in my gardening world. I thought about pulling up the shade cover over some of the plants, but I noticed new flowers on the green pepper plant. Since it is still HOT here, I better wait and give the plants as much protection as possible. I am hoping to get a second harvest from a few of the plants.

The seeds I ordered from Botanical Interest arrived yesterday. It was like getting a Christmas gift. They have beautiful artistic water color drawings of the plants which are very pretty. Now if it would just cool down a bit more so I can plant.

I finished booking my teaching and speaking engagements for September and was very excited to see I have 10 engagements. Most of them are now on my website so check there if you would like to take a gardening class with me this month!


Happy Digging,
The Garden Goddess
www.down2earthgardens.com

2 comments:

Suzanne Muusers said...

Doreen, when is it a good time to plant say, some herbs like Mint or Basil? I have no living herbs at the moment and really miss it. Suzanne

Laura Gardens in Desert said...

I love Botanical Interests. I kept the box from a recent order and now it holds my fall assortment of seeds! No shade cloth for me. I do water midday for about 3-4 min. if the plants (vegetables) need a pick me up. Makes all the difference.

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