the garden clockwise

Here's my garden spot that got overwhelmed by sensitive fern- well, at least on the left side. Swiss chard is under the fronds. I still have some arugula to far left, behind the pot of chocolate mint (I moved some containers off the ground and just set them in empty garden spots a few weeks ago. All the bolted lettuce is long gone). Marigolds to the right, nasturtiums on the stump, bright turtlehead behind.

This spot had potatoes- now it's just a few pots of marigolds and coleus 'gay delight' (wilted in the sun- I had just given it a late drink, it revived). Pot of ginger mint on the corner. My wooden edges are starting to collapse already. I intend to rebuild if I can find some cast off bricks again.

Middle spot against the wall, full of carrots and carrots! and a few remaining borage at back.

This spot had beets- half didn't do well, the other half we mostly ate already. There's 'watermelon' coleus far left in the back, a volunteer celosia, a dying pot of marigold (attacked by bugs), orange cosmos overshadowing the remaining beets, and my happy potted geranium in front.

Herb bed- photo from upper deck- kinda sideways. There's rue with ferny leaves of pink comos next to it, sage barely visible below the rue, green bunching onions next to them. Lemon balm has swallowed everything in the center. Can't see the few parsley or basil at all. Lemon verbena fell over in its pot and is covering the thyme, which I need to cut and hang. I set other pots into the far right (back) end of this garden plot- the 'scat' plant, curry plant and russian sage.

This is the other defunct potato bed. It has a few volunteer celosia and tomatoes that came up late- but the rest is containers I just set in there on top of the ground. The cut-down stevia top left, then planter boxes of dill, planter box of summer savory in center, rosemary to the right of that. Lower left is the chives- finally I have chives grown from seed! (Delicious in eggs with cheddar, or mashed potatoes) I need to transplant those to a pot that can come indoor for winter.

I've taken my third cutting of stevia this season. It did so well for me this year.

Here's some carrots. We ate them. Short stubby Nantes variety this year- and a few other longer ones. They definitely did better when I turned the soil all nice and loose in spring.

Washed clean, ready for cooking!