7-18-23 VERMONT: Since the last post, we’ve had 0.95 inches of rain, and it’s been raining for two hours. This very, very wet summer continues to be very, very wet.
Woodstock, home to the Woodstock Inn and a Disney-esque downtown, was nearly deserted when we visited with Val and Maggie on Sunday, they were here for the weekend. Turns out Woodstock’s water main was disrupted in the big storm, and they have no water, the Inn is empty, the usually bustling town is mostly empty, all the restaurants are closed. No water was no problem for clothes shopping it seems.
The biofilm on the pond is clearing, maybe it washed away or maybe the lime [CaCO3] on the pond or the pond drainage area has helped. All those fish I put in the ponds are in there somewhere. We haven’t seen any of them, live or dead floaters. The waterfall has been flowing for a few weeks. The clarity of the little pond is excellent, we can see the bottom from the bank.
While we are not so happy with the daily rain, the gardens love it. Plants are big and bushy and spreading. Flowers are opening early. The terrace has thyme, ajuga, and dianthus planted between the pavers, and they’re all spreading widely. The mosquitos are doing well also.
The delphinium were bent and broken by the storms so I cut a bunch of the stalks for inside. They were beautiful but shed petals immediately and copiously.
New blooms: echinacea, more phlox, magenta bee balm, rocket ligularia.
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