our vegetable garden project- part 3
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Hello!! It’s been such a gorgeous fall around here in Northern Virginia and we’re cooking (literally) in the vegetable garden!! On day 7 of our new vegetable garden project we worked on placing the perennials around the border of the garden and planting vegetables in the garden beds. I decided to tweak my original plans which had more vegetable space to incorporate a perennial border around the edge of the garden instead of more vegetables in order to attract pollinators to the garden. I’ve always love mixing my flowers and vegetables and this has made the garden so vibrant and full of sweet, buzzing life!!
The garden is looking so beautiful! What were the flowers you gathered from the original garden? Very pretty🪴
Thanks so much! I gathered zinnias, ecinacea, black-eyed susans and fountain grass from the other garden. xo
It sounds like you’ve been busy with your vegetable garden project in Northern Virginia! Could you share more about the changes you made on day 7, particularly the decision to incorporate a perennial border around the edge instead of adding more vegetables? How has this alteration impacted the garden, especially in terms of attracting pollinators and creating a vibrant, buzzing atmosphere?
Hi! Last-minute I decided to swap out our originally intended raised garden bed border to do the flowering perennials instead. I cannot believe how alive the garden feels with the perennials!! We had so many bees buzzing and some butterflies too. It’s been really beautiful and my youngest daughter especially loves bees so it’s been fun to see her enjoying them. 🙂