Today I reapplied mulch to their bed. A stinging insect moving too fast for me to identify objected and got me 2-4 times. The sting on my arm is a definitely, my face a probably, but the ones on my hand and ankle are only maybes.
Hi friends and neighbors. There's a pause on the garden currently as the next steps are building steps and I'm recovering from a surgery that stops me doing that.
Before, I did mow back that gorgeous Virginia buttonweed that is the majority of the ground cover, which was getting a little too thick. That makes two (2) mows this season. I don't want to ever go back to grass again.
The gigantic pumpkin plant was suffering in the heat, so I removed it.
The ironweed looks fantastic, with its deep purple blooms.
The corn will be ripe soon. I had meant to stagger plantings, but I'll only be doing second wave this week. Alas.
Liatris is crispy and done, but surprise, surprise, the oxeye is blooming! I did not expect this.
Something had been eating the pokeweed, but only some plants. And for some, it's eating lower leaves aga leaving higher ones intact.
Sorry I haven't figured out how to do captions yet.
Once I got back to the car, I tog about leaving the dogs in the AC, grabbing my mask, and going back for the plants. But I was already exasperated from trying to handle the dogs, and my knee was flaring up. I was GROUCHY.
Love/hate cypress vines. They are gorgeous and the blooms are cute, but if I hadn't caught them in time, they'd have strangled the corn and the beautyberrys.