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Fruits of this short, scorching summer include zucchini bread, parsley pesto and chive dumplings.
June 5, clouds
The blue bearded irises have arrived.
June 14-17, smog from rampant Canadian wildfires
Cimmaron has won the lettuce race, followed by buttercrunch and iceberg.
The dill has been fully sacrificed to three hungry swallowtail caterpillars, who doubled their size within a week, left behind a shocking amount of poop and inched away, hopefully to pupate but possibly to become bird food.
The radishes were small and some were woody, but anything can be pickled.
Things to remember: Basil loves the heat. As do wave petunias, which were planted in early May and took a month to mound.
June 24-25, much needed rain
July 1-2, sun
This side of the summer solstice, everything seems to be getting bushy -- notably the cosmos, nasturtium and scarlet runner bean arch. Suddenly in bloom this week are the zinnias, started two months ago, and a couple nearly deserted ranunculus.
July 5, sun
Coneflower season comes upon us as I pick the first zucchini of the year.
July 27, hot as balls
Coleus, grown from seed, requires high humidity to germinate and establish. Stargazer lilies bloom several weeks later than other oriental lilies.
August 6, rain
This week I am warring with wasps while harvesting tomatoes and snake gourds and scooping poop for a couple animal friends while their people are out of town.
For future reference, the neighbors’ fall-planted hardy hibiscus are all in bloom.
September 16, overcast and humid
The wasps that moved into my chives planter in July and stung me four times vanished as soon as the nights dipped into the 40s. The bees are getting drunk on the asters, which are flushing at last after two years' dormancy in a spot where they weren't getting enough sun. Everything else seems to be going to seed.
Someday I may save and split enough to avoid having to buy anything.
September 24, rain
The morning glories snuck up this week with startlingly beautiful, short-lived blooms 3 inches in diameter just as their vines were starting to look dried up and ratty. Photos can't do justice to the contrast of their sunburst centers against that translucent blue.
They say morning glories thrive on neglect. I think this means next year I'll put the seedlings in containers large enough to get them through midsummer and then try to forget about them.
The moonflower vines shriveled away at some point for reasons I have not yet troubleshooted.
October 29, freezing overnight temperatures
I've lifted the bulbs and harvested about 10 pounds of sweet potatoes. The dahlias didn't get going until late in the season, and then grew only dinky, downturned blooms. Better gardeners say next year they'll need more sun and feed. Time for the garden to sleep.
this is what happened, right?
I literally cannot remember how the first meeting with Enoch went, save for the fact that he chased you after the initial pleasantries were over,,
this is what happened, right?
I literally cannot remember how the first meeting with Enoch went, save for the fact that he chased you after the initial pleasantries were over,,
this is what happened, right?
I literally cannot remember how the first meeting with Enoch went, save for the fact that he chased you after the initial pleasantries were over,,