I also replaced lattice that closed the north end of the deck. The dogs had chewed it apart to nest underneath the deck and dug up a bed in the process. It is now enclosed with pressure-treated plywood and the bed restored in part. The bed is fenced off now.
Today was some garden catch up on watering. Since the rain last week it has been dry. Today was lovely—warm, breezy, not humid, but I want rain.
Last evening we had a great dinner at Cloudland Farm Restaurant in Pomfret with John and Gretchen and Ann and Roger. It’s a beautiful spot with extensive views and a post-and-beam building. They serve one meal to everyone each night—there are no choices. It’s BYO booze and hors d’oeuvres on the porch.
New blooms: more phlox, gentian, mint, first aster.
Helenium make a big splash of color.
Gentian with opened flowers, later in the season, I'll show bottle gentian. The flowers all look like the central one on this plant but don't open. It's more purple in color.
Blue lobelia with red lobelia in the background. It's a complicated little flower.
Mint. All the bugs, bees and butterflies love it. It's quite an invasive nuisance. It used to be covered in Monarch butterflies.
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