Shaun’s Vegetable Garden

July 8

So far we have seen Shaun’s Containers and his Perennial Shade Garden. Today we’ll look at his Vegetable Garden. The entrance to the Vegetable Garden is framed by a trellis and graced with two smaller perennial beds containing herbs and flowers.

There is a lot of life compacted into these small beds. Like other areas in his gardens he has liatris and Asiatic lily. Here you can also find day lily, garlic, echinacea, rosemary, balloon flower, oregano, thyme, lavender, mint and Centaurea montana.

Garlic

Day Lily

Rosemary

Lavender

Oregano

Mint and Centaurea Montana

Bronze fennel frames each side of the Vegetable Garden trellis.

The Vegetable Garden grows in raised beds surrounded by a sea of hazelnut shells.

This raised bed contains the Three Sisters concept of planting with ‘Early American Squash, cucumber, on the bottom, Scarlet Runner beans that grow up the corn stalks with an orange blossom and Indian corn; a decorative corn, to be used for fall decoration. Shaun employs his favorite odds of three here with three different plants. Beans provide nitrogen for the soil and work as stabilizers for the corn while the squash provides shade to prevent weed growth and moisture evaporation and mulch later in the season.

Cucumber

Bean vines crawl up the corn

Basil, tomatoes and peppers grow in this bed.

Tomatoes and eggplant grow in this bed and in the future carrots will grow to the left.

July 25

More flowers bloom in the perennial bed by the vegetable garden.

Asiatic Lily

Balloon Flower

Garlic

Echinacea with friend

Once in a Blue Moon Pumpkin Vine

The Three Sisters continue to delight

Tomato and eggplant bed

Welcome Carrots

August 19

The vegetable garden explodes with life.

Tomatoes and peppers bed

Better Boy Tomatoes

Tomato, eggplant and carrot's bed. What's that above them?

Yellow Pear Tomato

What's that above? A beautiful Mexican Variety Sunflower

This bed hidden amongst the others is full of Brussels sprouts, broccoli and cabbage.

The Three Sisters flourish.

Indian Corn

Early American Squash Cucumber

The Brussels Sprouts, Broccoli and Cabbage Bed

The Once in a Blue Moon Pumpkin

Even the back fence holds surprises.

Concord grapes and kiwi run along the top.

An Asian pear hangs out along the bottom.

Wonderful Vegetable Garden Shaun! Thanks for sharing with us. We’ll be back to see what you'll delight us with next!