Sustaining The Momentum

I think our pink and chartreuse theme for this year has worked quite well as seen in our entrance garden above. This area received loving attention from Marianne and is flourishing. Today was overcast and provided the opportunity to take some nice shots before we had sprinkles in the afternoon. See other entrance garden shots below.

The struggle this time of year is keeping up with not only weeding and watering but making sure our current displays will extend in to late summer. We start to do a lot of deadheading and fertilization to keep our annuals looking good thru September. Despite our relative lack of heat this summer, our displays are vibrant (as is our weed collection). It certainly is a juggling act to deal with an ever-changing outdoor environment. Dick P, Dick H, Rollie and John all came in to continue installing our new metal fence. This fence (nice looking) will replace our decaying split rail fence and looks very professional. The guys are doing a nice job and are making quick work of it (100' down, 900' to go!). Kay, Heidi and Barb all came in to "re-weed" an area that not only did they plant 6 weeks ago, but have weeded multiple times. I love sending this weeding force out on Tuesday morning as they get so much accomplished. Janice was hear weeding as well and little Jerry mowed. Dr. Gredler, Bill and Larry all worked on mowing and other odd jobs while I continued to catch up on my pile of "to do" things and get organized for our Home Garden Tour this Saturday. Peg K. was here doing her magic in the English cottage garden and we hope to see more volunteers filter in for some weeding action soon! Nice shot of the statuesque sunray flower (Inula) below with blooms 48" above ground level. I think this is the species magnifica but am not sure.