August

August is usually a sparse month for blooms, but adequate rain kept the garden green this year. The lawn never turned yellow and continued to grow throughout the summer, and it seemed like every shrub and hedge needed lots of cutting back this month.

Precipitation: Approximately 3 inches
Average precipitation: 3.8 inches

"To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves." -Mahatma Gandhi 

Morning glory (annual) 8/12/13

Rose 8/12/13

Unidentified (wildflower) 8/12/13

Jerusalem artichoke 8/25/13