In My Garden – June 2021 – spades, spatulas & spoons

The big news in the garden this month has nothing to do with plants.

Water Tanks – and Casey investigating

Two 3000 gallon water tanks with outlets for fire hoses.

One out of four wells is expected to run dry this year in Mendocino County because of the drought. Our county depends heavily on seasonal rain water for all our water needs, and it was a very dry winter. These tanks also have outlets for fire hoses if needed (there are no fire hydrants out here in the country). So far our well is holding steady but we worry. The water from the well will go into a new filtration system before being pumped into the tanks for use inside the house. We have several new outlets directly from the well (unfiltered) for watering the garden.

Our lawn has gone dry and brown, it goes unwatered.

Summer is beginning to show its head in the vegetable garden

Vegetable GardenThe first tomatoes – still green but there are lots of flowers on the plants

Green Tomatoes

Broccoli is heading up.

Broccoli

The first baby zucchini

Zucchini

The cucumbers are also under plastic to keep them warm but aren’t showing a lot of growth yet.

In the flower garden the spring native wildflowers are beginning to go to seed. Although they look a bit messy I will leave them to sow their seeds for next spring.

I know it is early summer when the roses and lupins start to bloom.

First Rose – Just Joey, they one is very aromatic

Lupin

The snapdragons starts a good friend gifted me in the fall are blooming in all colors.

Snapdragons

And the bees love the lavender in bloom along the driveway.

Lavender

The pollinator garden showed very few annuals this year (maybe because of so little and very sporadic rain), but lots of perennials are showing their heads. Dominating are Sweet William Dianthus in all colors, California poppies, and Shasta daisies.