Speaking of summer, hot, hot, hot is what we got, close to ninety. We have had a few showers, but I will need to water if there’s not more rain soon.
The pond continues to look pretty good. I counted four turtles yesterday—two small and two others fairly large, all painted turtles. The heron hasn’t been back for a few days, and I guess the pond creatures are relaxing, if they were stressed by the heron at all. I bet they’re oblivious.
The tomatoes are at flood stage, Judy made a ton of pasta sauce that we will eat tonight, and then some will be frozen. I made gazpacho a few days ago that we ate for a couple days. The corn is at people height and developing.
New blooms: white phlox, white lobelia, ligularia dentata.
Stacked cord. The new wood, one cord, is on the left and old, dry wood on the right to start the season. Neighbors who heat their houses only with wood need 4 to 6 cords for the winter. For us, it's just for the fireplace.
Harvest. The blueberries are almost done, but the tomatoes keep coming.
Ligularia dentata is cousin to the flower below...
Ligularia przewalskii which bloomed about a month ago. The leaves are similar even if the flowers are different.
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