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Continue reading →: Casualties of the Rain
As I’m sure you can imagine, there are some casualties of the heavy rains in our Demonstration Garden. Some of the casualties will probably solve themselves, others will cause problems for some time. The pampas grass is flopping over into our walkways. It should straighten back up if it dries…
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Continue reading →: On the Food Side
If you are looking for one more way to use up some of those summer tomatoes, we tried this delicious Cornbread Salad over the weekend. Go on over to Smitten Kitchen and check out all the details! I didn’t take any pictures, but they wouldn’t do as much justice to…
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Continue reading →: Rained Out!
If you are in the Wichita area, you probably already guessed that we are rained out of the Demonstration Garden today! One thing you’ll notice from looking at this picture (or looking at the plants in general in the garden), is that there are a lot of plants showing pale…
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Continue reading →: Friday PhotoEssay – Spider Edition
It is kind of crazy how many spiders we have out in the garden right now. They all look happy and well fed, so I guess we have plenty of insects for them to eat! It is rather challenging to walk through the garden without getting covered in spider webs,…
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Continue reading →: Summer to Fall
Can you tell that the theme this week is the transition from summer gardening to fall gardening? I’ve mentioned several times that we’ve planted some seeds for the fall, and I’m really looking forward to having some nice crisp, cool, fresh lettuce and greens to eat as the weather cools…