by Amy Martin

A few of us gathered to keep the entry garden looking fresh. The team has been keeping the garden watered through all this heat, so we expected a lot of weeds. And there was a bit, mainly from this beast, bindweed aka native morning glory. Alas, in prior years, it was allowed to go to seed, so we’ll be pulling up sprouts for a long time.

Tasks on garden day range from super easy to heavy lifting. Sharon worked her pruning magic, keeping enthusiastic plants from consuming their neighbors and keeping the garden looking, well, garden like.

I took the easy task of removing weird black junk from the four o’clocks. Not sure what it is, but four o’clocks around town all have it. Pre-removal on the left, all cleaned up on the right.

I also dug up encroaching nutgrass and Bermuda, and dispatched a pecan growing in the garden. Our haul:

I also collected echinacea seedheads for distributing by the Greenbelt Guild in the Creekmere Meadow this fall. We got a lot! That’s a grocery sack full.

Now for a tour of our plants.

But not all beauty is in flowers. Check out these two skeletonized leaves, not sure by what, with tiny galls, looking like gold filagree.

Next garden day is September 27 Saturday at 8 am. We’ll be installing plants purchased at the Texas Discovery Gardens plant sale and fertilizing (donations please!). Email Amy to join the Eastwood Gardeners newsletter list.