The garden grows as it goes

Updated September 19, 2008,
near the end of the second season

A series of high-intensity thunderstorms (and perhaps a couple of tornadoes) blew through the county on Aug. 23, 2007. Most of the plants were fine, but the bigger ones went down for the count.

I had already cut down several of the plants in order to tidy up before we left for Korea. I salvaged the remaining corn, added some plant debris to the burnpiles, and tossed any mature seedheads into the treeline. Next year, perhaps, they'll create a naturalized backdrop of color and form.

Or perhaps not. Only a few cosmos grew back there this year... and all of the buckwheat that I planted as a cover crop/deterrent against garlic mustard didn't come back, either.













This is how the Concentric Garden began.










My Lady Friend sent the next photo while I was still in Korea. I returned on August 4, and the first I did was walk back and start gathering calendula seeds.