Rewind is a monthly look back at gardening captured mostly through still photography.
The pill bugs, slugs, and soldier beetles live rent free in my gardens this August. Large downfalls like the 4+ inches we received one day last week contribute to sodden garden beds — an ideal climate for some garden pests. But plants continue to produce and I’ve entered the phase of gardening where I put have so many bouquets that I put them in the most random places around the house, including next to the coffee pot.
August garden chores include pulling and drying garlic, harvesting herbs for drying, making a list of fall-planted bulbs to acquire, deciding which perennials I’d like to move around in the garden, and trying to keep up with the pepper plants by making salsa. I’ve even begun planning for next year’s garden by re-imagining the kitchen garden filled with more flowers like giant delphiniums, dahlias, and a new clematis vine.
If I’m lucky, I have at least eight more weeks of the summer’s garden to enjoy. Time goes too quickly.
Cosmo “Velouette”
Scabiosa (Pincushion) “Triple Berry”
A plunge of velvet red, or maybe maroon, good enough to eat like a cupcake with vanilla white dips of frosting that cling to the end of your nose because you took a bite with your whole being and came away satisfied.
Fresh hard-neck garlic harvested and dried from the kitchen garden.
Harvesting coral-colored flowers: saffron, snapdragon, and zinnias.
Hydrangeas “Vanilla Strawberry”
Queen Anne’s Lace
Dahlia “Sebastian”
Bonus picture. Minnesota’s gotten a lot of attention in the last few weeks (for good reason). If you’ve never been on the Iron Range, then you are missing this view from the town of Orr.
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See you at the end of the month.
-Betsy
Beautiful bouquets!