Summer Garden Blog

06.06.20

The Governor announced Phase 2 re-openings will begin a few days earlier than originally planned. Phase 2 will start on 6.17.20 (Bunker Hill Day!)

The death of Dr. Joseph Warren 6.17.1775

Phase 2 re-openings will be:

  • Accommodation (no bar areas)
  • Gyms, fitness & sports clubs
  • All personal services (nail salons, tattoo parlors)
  • Outdoor arts, entertainment, and events (up to 50 people)
  • Outdoor amusement parks
  • Movie theaters
  • Bowling alleys
  • Social clubs, pools
  • All museums, zoos, aquariums
  • Restaurants (indoor dining, no bar)

As of 6.7.20: The state 4,007 deaths, U.S. 112,000 deaths, world wide 397,000 deaths from Covid-19.

The week of 6.6.20; worked in the Herb Garden and the Old Butterfly Garden.

The old Butterfly Garden
Built and planted three additional planters.
Will seed the garden with grass seed. A lawn hopefully will tie everything together.

The old Butterfly Garden: A trimmed hedge of burning bush. Echinacea, Dahlias, Coreopsis, Black Eyed Susans and Butterfly Bush planted as perennials. Planted pots have Sage, Thyme, Rosemary and Basil. Planters have cherry tomatoes, Red Geraniums, Purple Petunias, Impatiens, Sweet Potato Vines, Vinca, Orn. Red Grass, Spiked Dracaena. There is a planted bed of Zinnias and another bed planted with Gladiolas Bulbs.

Grass needs to be sowed. A Trellis or Arbor needs to built for the grapes/hardy kiwi and have to figure out how to rebuild the old, fallen down arbor that supports the mature kiwi and make a home for the hops.


The Herb Garden


Blooming
Right outside the front door sounds of the early morning.

Photos from the yard:

Row covers over the Kale and Broccoli in the Vegetable Garden.
Tomatoes; Cherry and Beefsteak
Rows directly in front: Cukes, Summer Squash, Beans, Dill right in front of the uncovered Broccoli. Radishes are planted in between the squash and cukes.
Holly
Clematis flower peaking out from behind the Bittersweet in the Old Rose Garden
Another Clematis surviving in the Old Rose Garden. This one peaking out between the Wisteria, also over taking the Rose Garden.

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