After all the rain we got, 2” on Tuesday alone, the humidity was through the roof. A heat wave was rolling in also. I went out to start planting the New Herb garden, but spent a good amount of time in the shade on the front porch, cooling off. This was the view.
I started down by the wormwood and did each bed separately. I’d put down amendment after moving the mulch, then put the mulch back and add more if needed.
The wormwood is behind me. I planted balsam and pyrethrum in the first bed. Then the woad got deadheaded, fed, and mulched. Next was the tiny astragalus and then the huge elecampane. By the time I got here, I was really struggling with the humidity.
Next to the elecampane was the butterflyweed. The flowers are just starting to open.
I planted some of my Tulsi basil next and then I came to the Roman wormwood. It has done very well and is moving into other beds. I dug up some and put it back in its own bed. The last plant was Joe Pye weed. I didn’t expect that to make it but it’s doing very well.
I had mulched as I went along, taking the extra bales out of the Small garden and going to the barn to bring back the last 3 up there.
I had lasted til 9:30AM after a 7AM start and had to quit. I didn’t get much else done the rest of the day, just trying to cope with the humidity.
On Thursday my new helper comes at 6AM and I hope to get at least 1 more row done. I am running out of mulch so I hope there’s enough to finish this row.
My helper friend will also be here at 11:30 and we will be working inside where it’s slightly cooler.
What neat lines. I also like to work in the garden.