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August in the Garden

August is the time of year that the gardens begin to wind down. The Hyssop blooms a second time, never as nice or as full as the earlier blooming. Luckily, we have planted nearly 100 summer plox throughout the property. They all burst into bloom in mid July and carry me through to September.

The Potager Garden

The potager garden was a garden that I started to encourage my children to take an active part in the growing of the food we eat.
We grow a larger garden in the back property, but wanted to grow a garden with the vegetables we eat most often near the house.
In keeping with the theme of the other gardens I added herbs and a few flowers for color and scent.
My husband recently added the center arbor for the bittersweet to grow up.
We have grown both Chinese and American bittersweet on our property for years, to service my wholesale business. Since I sold my business this past year we are now growing it for Fall color. Finally, I can just let the bittersweet hang and enjoy the colors, without feeling like it must be cut and turned into wreaths.