What I Found Yesterday June 7, 2019 @goldenoakfarm

South Herb - peonies open crop June 2019.jpg

The peonies did explode in the South Herb garden yesterday. They may not be exception in size or color, but the fact that I got any at all sure is!

Oriole nest in white oak crop June 2019.jpg

The other bit of interest is there’s an oriole pair building a nest in our signature oak tree. It’s in a position that we can see them go in and out. My husband has spent a good amount of time watching them.

East Shed - peony bud crop June 2019.jpg

The peony in the East Shed garden has a single sad looking bud. I’m not sure if it will open or not…

I recently got a catalog from John Scheeper Bulbs and they had a section on peonies. It had a pretty concise but complete bit about growing them and mentioned full sun for lots of flowers. Hmmmmm, always seen part shade as ok in a description in other places in the past and it seems the East Shed peony is part shade. When I got the peony along the fence the only spot I had for it was under the forsythia…

Looks like I will need to move them to full sun, once construction is done. I’ll have a lot more full sun places.

Big garden - comfrey1 crop June 2019.jpg

The comfrey in the Big garden is doing well. I need to harvest more of it.

Big garden - echinacea transplants crop June 2019.jpg

The Echinacea transplants in the big garden are doing pretty well.

Big garden - plantain and yarrow transplants crop June 2019.jpg

The plantain and yarrow transplants are doing very well.

Big garden - Walla onions crop June 2019.jpg

Moving along the garden, the Walla Walla sweet onions are doing beautifully. The Ailsa Craigs are a good deal behind them, but then, they were very tiny when planted.

Big garden - garlic crop June 2019.jpg

The German Extra Hardy garlic is doing well; there should be scapes in the next couple weeks.

Rugosa roses crop June 2019.jpg

The rugosa rose has started to bloom and when I get back from my visit to Connecticut, I need to start dehydrating them.

That’s all I have planted this year in the veg gardens.

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