It’s bee warm and sunny, but with plenty of rain. There was a short spell of too hot, but that’s gone. The pond has stayed full, thanks to the rain, and stayed fairly clear, perhaps due to the new treatments. The turtle census is at three.
The pasture was mowed while we were away, and it looks great. Brady the horse seems happy with easier access to the grass and apples, now that they are ripening. Tons of blueberries have been eaten, some frozen, and more to ripen.
The tomatoes are fine and have been getting eaten as fast as they ripen. I only did 12 tomato plants this year, and I find it’s not enough to keep us knee deep in tomatoes. The replanted corn is at two feet, where it should have been three weeks ago had the original planting germinated.
The flower beds look kind of ragged. Nothing was staked of supported this year because of my broken leg, so plants have sprawled. Its not a totally bad look, just a bit messy. I’ll add details with future posts.
In bloom: hydrangea, phlox, geranium, summer azalea, filipendula, helenium, delphinium, campanula, hollyhocks, yarrow, foxglove, celandine, bee balm, thyme, clematis, echinacea, daylily, hybrid daylily, meadow rue, fever few, ligularia, Joe Pye weed, pickerel weed, astilbe, water lily, goose-neck loosestrife, Indian pipe, spirea, bleeding heart, bind weed, hosta, mallow, lamium, potentilla, soapwort.
Great Spangled Fritillary working bee balm.
You can see that long tongue in the flower.
Hybrid daylily.
Double hybrid daylily...
And in case you like red for a daylily.
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