Garden Update September 2020

Garden Update September 2020 – Sharing the state of our kitchen garden and reflection this September in photos and text 🙂

Garden Update September 2020

Hi Everyone, it’s time to do a garden update on our kitchen garden for this month of September 2020. 

We built a new block/paver wall (to the left) around the strawberry/mint/flower (Zinnias, Black-Eyed Susan and Chrysanthemums) bed.

Our kitchen garden has served us well in this Spring/Summer/Fall season where we quarantined, stayed home and social-distanced through this last half of 2020.

It’s been a place for the kids and I to play, dig, plant, grow and relax – all with each other sharing quality family time. 

We added a DIY fire pit that Eric and I worked on with pavers we already had. We’ve been using it well for making s’mores and even cooking dinner!

I would say that it has been time well spent!

The basil was abundant this year and gave way to many drinks and pestos.

basil

Pesto-Related Recipes

Here are some pesto-related recipes on our blog:

• Chicken Pesto Pasta
• Tomato Pesto Bagel Toast
• Mint Pesto
• Basil Pesto
• Nettle Pesto
• Basil Pesto Carrot Chickpea Protein Pasta Salad
• Easy Mushroom Orzo with Basil Pesto
• Homemade Garden Fresh Basil Pesto

watermelon

Watermelon Recipes

Here are some watermelon recipes on our blog:

• Watermelon Bowl
• Watermelon Lime Mint Salad
• Watermelon Juice
• Frozen Watermelon Mint Slushy

zinnas

Goldenrod Recipes

Here are some Goldenrod recipes on our blog:

• Goldenrod Tea (hot)
• Goldenrod Iced Tea
• Goldenrod Simple Syrup
• Goldenrod Iced Coffee

goldenrod

Chrysanthemums that grew back from last year

pink zinnas

peppermint and mojito mint

Zinna bud

Perennial garden bed

watermelon vine flowers

red Zinnia

shells from our beach vacations

white mums and chives

rosemary

hybrid Echinacea

fenceline

we made a channel of taller grass to divide up the lawn so there was less to mow and easier on the eyes

grasses

Goldenrod

the edge of the lawn

the fire pit

the fire pit with a view showing a stick teepee that I made with the kids

the trees are starting to change

sticks we use for roasting marshmallows

RELATED: September 2020 Coffee Time

By the way, if you have been doing any gardening this season, I would love to hear about it! Let me know in the comments at the end of the post.

Thank you for reading and following along!

RELATED: Garden Update August 2020 (our last Garden Update)

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Sara is an architectural designer turned work-at-home Mom. She lives in New Jersey by way of New England and New York, with her husband and 3 kids under 6. She loves design, being creative and spending time with family and friends. She loves checking out local businesses and eats and being apart of the local farm to table community.

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