Wow! It's been a while since I last posted here. I've just been so preoccupied with other things lately. I've been getting up around 6:30 - 7am and going out to the garden. I don't use any pesticides so to keep the squash bugs from destroying my plants I have to turn leaves and look for eggs or even bugs which I then squash. It takes a while to turn all those leaves in two beds of squash plants. Then I go for my bike ride. My daughter had measured out a route around town that was two miles long when she was walking during her break every day. I ride this route and usually do two laps. That usually takes me about a half an hour unless I stop to talk to someone along the way. When I get home I cool down in the pool and swim a little, stretch a little and just float. By the time I get in the house it's around noon. With as hot as it's been I usually don't go back outside again till the next morning. This morning I went outside and saw this...
...my poor catnip was all droopy. I had watered it just like had been watering. But...
...my marigolds were droopy, too.
The marigolds on the porch looked sad, but the ones on this side of the step looked good. They are in the same kind of pot with the same soil as the the ones on the other side that looked so bad. Must be the location. The garden is LOOKING really good. But it's not producing very well.
My sunflowers are getting nice and tall. I have one birdhouse gourd, but you can't see it in this picture. It's hiding behind the leaves there at the bottom for the fence.
Below is an earlier picture where you can see the gourd.
My flower bed on the alley side of the studio is looking pretty.
The luffa is blooming.
I love the little yellow 'flowers' within the pink flower. So pretty.
By the time I go back in the the house the catnip and marigolds have rejuvenated. Tonight I'll check to see if they need an evening watering.
I hope everyone is keeping cool out there where it's so hot.
...my poor catnip was all droopy. I had watered it just like had been watering. But...
...my marigolds were droopy, too.
The marigolds on the porch looked sad, but the ones on this side of the step looked good. They are in the same kind of pot with the same soil as the the ones on the other side that looked so bad. Must be the location. The garden is LOOKING really good. But it's not producing very well.
My sunflowers are getting nice and tall. I have one birdhouse gourd, but you can't see it in this picture. It's hiding behind the leaves there at the bottom for the fence.
Below is an earlier picture where you can see the gourd.
My flower bed on the alley side of the studio is looking pretty.
The luffa is blooming.
I love the little yellow 'flowers' within the pink flower. So pretty.
By the time I go back in the the house the catnip and marigolds have rejuvenated. Tonight I'll check to see if they need an evening watering.
I hope everyone is keeping cool out there where it's so hot. 
1 comment:
My mom has to water her garden twice a day or they get very droopy. That Luffa is really cool!
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