Our short herb garden just outside of the back door had too much sun and not enough water this summertime .
This sunup some of the children and I did some weeding and mulching to come out put the space back into shape .
That mulched area was full of plants back in spring and early summertime , but there were multiple casualties . The heat killed the lemon balm , the plenty , the schnittlaugh , the lamb ’s ear , the strawberry mark and probably a half - XII other plants .
Here ’s that quad back on June 6th of this year :
Here ’s another slant , taken this aurora :
And here ’s that area back in June :
The African blue basil has become a big bush now , though the dahlia , dill , lavender and mullein sting the junk .
We acknowledge what can take the heat now !
Here you could see the African gamy basil withMimosa pudicaand a daisy I transplant from a parking area near our church in Pensacola :
The little lion ’s auricle ( Leonotis leonurus ) we plant in spring is now nice and big :
It ’s about to blossom :
Here ’s a view over the herb garden into the area where we found sunn hemp a couple of months ago :
That is a terrible cover crop , considering how unbelievable sunn hemp normally develop . It should be tall than a piece , and very thick and green – yet the heat and drouth were incredible . Still , we ’ll get some nitrogen and biomass from it . It ’s amazing it grew at all .
Two weeks ago my acquaintance James helped me move our bathtub worm bin into the garden orbit where we ’ll get more economic consumption from the “ worm tea . ”
Before move it , I reap 25 gallon of worm cast ! 20 of them buy the farm into the 3′ x 30′ bed we made for our nightfall daikon plot of land , and the last 5 gallons we gave to James ’ wife Holly for her gardening projection .
Now that the bucket is correct by the garden , we can easily mix some with water supply to use as a soda pop for sad plant .
Also , here ’s another look at theMimosa pudica .
I really do n’t know why we ’re growing this stuff except that it ’s amazing to watch it wither away when you touch it .
It ’s cousinMimosa invisawas a terrible Mary Jane down in Grenada . It looked the same asM. pudicabut had horrible thorns which made it very hard to weed . This plant is not closely that thorny . I ’ve think about plant it around the base of a fruit tree as a atomic number 7 - fix land covering , though I ’m not sure if it will live through winter .
I had a vision of our herb garden being a beautiful passel of green by the end of the year but the sunshine was just relentless .
I think we ’re going to have to contribute some shade for this next year . Perhaps we ’ll put in some trellises and/or some humble fruit Tree .
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