Hello Everybody!
This week, let's keep the words to a minimum and the pictures to an efficient summary with some captions. That's all on me, so don't you worry! Here we grow:
Due to the abuse of summer storms, which was maximized due to late-in-the-season planting, which was necessitated by canine interference, many of the sunflowers reached their pinnacle over the last week or two and then promptly dropped over. I cannibalized the dead ones to create the supports that you see here, in hopes of four more blooms before it's finally all caput. *chanting begins* Four more blooms! Four more blooms! Four more blooms!
You may have noticed in the previous picture that I transplanted all of the African daisies, and as you can see in this photo, they are beautiful! That is because this is a carefully crafted-and-selected scene that prohibits the view of 85% of the transplants, which are kind-of wilted and gangly all over the rest of the sunflower pit. *chanting begins* Pull through, daisies! Pull through, daisies! Pull through, daisies!
Beans are flowering!
Eggplant!
The latest garden improvement is not a snake in the bed, no, that's a soaker hose. Minimizing water waste and maximizing plant benefit, that's the motto of the soaker hose.
The Vinca is all about being a companion plant to the tomatoes. Nice work, you guys.
Keeping herbs from blooming is an every-day job. Dill, we try our best.
Something new! I'm trying my hand at a succulent garden.
Considering that they don't need water and will murder pests, I'm feeling pretty confident in my gardener abilities here.
There were a bunch of these aloe varietals at the Lowe's that I think had been spray painted? In my opinion, that's weird. In my jardin, colors are au natural. Grassieass.
What have we here? Another garden enthusiast, here to stop and smell the... non-flowering ground-cover thingies?
Don't be embarrassed. I'm only telling the Internet.
Guys, maybe that was too harsh. Someone is watching me. What's that, Lana? You say you have a message for me? It's a warning? What is it, girl? The ants are organizing? Yes, that's what they do. They are highly evolved for teamwork. What do you mean, it's more than that? Let me see.
HOLY BAZONKERS, THE ANTS ARE ORGANIZING!
SHHHHHH............IT WILL SEE YOU!
Hands down, scariest ant activity I've ever seen, ever. Just sitting there. Plotting.
Well, everyone, I remain hopeful that you have not just witnessed the final step off of the precipice into lunacy. In fact, I hope you enjoyed this photo summary and general musings about what's been growing on in these parts.
Until Next Time,
K