While we wait for the veggies to come in...

[MiHale]

The Medicinal Herb Garden is going gangbusters. Already replenished the supply of Prunella Vulgaris, harvested some elderberry flowers and looking forward to more.



Above are BeeBalm flowers, Meadowsweet flowers with attached leaves, Elderberry flowers.
All ingredients in our tea that I make to keep sickness at bay. We haven’t had colds or the like for years.




But since you didn’t ask….I’ll tell ya anyway. Shot of the straw bale experiment that’s been going on for a couple years now. These are tomatoes that popped up in the compost pile earlier, along with some lettuce that was exhausted in its original location. The second chance bale.
Trying to see how much you can put into a bale and still have it produce. Straw bale garden is going to get bigger next year. The experiment is working.





In bales or in the ground…trellising the Butternut Squash works great. Plants took to it like a mountain climber takes to the mountains.

[Bayard]

1. That's a good looking garden

I tried some trellising for the cucumbers this year, thinking it would make them easier to find. Nope. Who would think 3 little plants could turn into Cukezilla?

[MiHale]

2. Thank you... I could tell horror stories about cukes and trellises...

Wood stove talks.

Oh dog am I that old? 🤣

[Bayard]

3. Hey--I have a wood stove!

I suspect my cuke/cantaulope/watermelon bed has gotten way too much nitrogen with all the various barn manures.

[HeartsCanHope]

4. Beautiful garden!

Wish I had a green thumb, like yours. I love the medicinal herb garden harvest shot. We lived in Israel years ago, 1995-1996, for my husband's job. The Israeli scientists were doing research on elderberry in particular to build up the immune system. No wonder your tea keeps you so healthy! Holistic medicine was very big in Israel, at least in the 1990s. Our landlady touted rosemary "infusions" for everything it seemed like. She had a huge shrub of Rosemary by the kitchen door where we lived and when she stopped by she would pick and eat the sprigs right from the bush as she chatted with us. Thank you for sharing. Take care!