Second harvest

Swiss chard, arugula, and some radishes were harvested today. Yum!

Arugula in the garden on June 23

Harvested arugula on June 29

Radishes in the garden on June 23

Harvested radishes on June 29

cute little radish

The Sensory Garden

The sensory garden bed was primarily designed for your sense of touch and sense of smell. It was planted with several varieties of thyme, sage, rosemary, and scented geraniums. It also has fennel, sweet mace, lemon balm, lambs ear, anise hyssop, and curry. These plants are all meant to be touched and smelled.

Come to Gore Place and enjoy the garden yourself! You'll have a great time smelling all the amazing herbs and feeling all the different textures. Gently rub a leaf of each plant with your fingers, then smell the aroma on your hand.

See how much the plants in the sensory garden have grown since they were planted on May 18.

Left and right sides of the sensory garden on May 18

Left and right sides of the sensory garden on May 26

Left and right sides of the sensory garden on June 8

Left and right sides of the sensory garden on June 15

Left and right sides of the sensory garden on June 23

The back side of the sensory garden on June 23

How the cabbage grows

The cabbage plants were planted on May 13

Pine needles used as mulch for the cabbage, May 18

Cabbages on May 26

Cabbages on June 8


Cabbages on June 15


Cabbages on June 18

The cabbage leaves in the middle of the plant are beginning to grow together to form the head.

First harvest!

The kale planted on May 13 has been harvested and tastes delicious! In its place in the garden bed, Scott planted wax bean 'Dragon's tongue' variety. The bean pods that grow will be cream-colored with purple stripes.

Scott had to reseed the Early Blood turnip due to poor germination. He had originally planted the seeds of this beet a little over three weeks ago. Let's hope the conditions are better this time for the seeds to grow.

How are the tomato plants doing?

It's been about 2 weeks since the tomato plants were put in and they're growing nicely. You can see how much they've grown by comparing the two photos of each plant—one from May 26 and one from June 8.

Oxheart tomato plant 5/26 and 6/8

Yellow Gooseberry tomato plant 5/26 and 6/8

Brandywine tomato plant 5/26 and 6/8

Chadwick's Cherry tomato plant 5/26 and 6/8

Black from Tula tomato plant 5/26 and 6/8

Speckled Roman Paste tomato plant 5/26 and 6/8

June 1 update

The Casper variety of Eggplant is set out in between the collards and the parsnip plants in Mixed Vegetable Bed #1. These will produce white eggplants.



The newest plants in Mixed Vegetable Bed #2 are Mexican Sour Gherkins, which will grow tiny cucumbers on the trellis pictured above.