I finished the downed maple tree site, seeded, spread hay, and started watering it. I filled a bunch of holes in the yard, finished splitting the wood pile and ended with about a half a cord, stacked and drying. I expanded the bed at the north end of the pond adjacent to the rock ledge, made a rock border, and moved a random bunch of volunteers, distressed, or thinned out plants into it. They include a nice hosta that was covered by bigger hostas, thyme moved out of the old herb garden, a joe-pye weed and a chunk of lamium. We’ll see what works and re-arrange as needed. I removed bottom leaves from the tomatoes that were yellowing and spotted, perhaps, indicating early blight. The usual pruning, including apple trees, weeding here and there. I planted the cranesbill, Geranium sanguineum var. striatum, in the porch bed.
Val and Steve were here to drop Lucy off at camp and traded in their ancient Volvo for a Forester.
New blooms: more hostas, Stella De Oro daylily, first native daylily, more spirea, Russian sage.
Stella De Oro daylily blooms a bit before the native daylilies.
Native daylily, what's prettier than this?
Well, maybe this peony.
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