in full swing..
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stuff in bloom | Posted:
Sat Aug 04, 2007 1:45 am
lets, see....bachelor buttons, cosmos...the cleome is absolutely beautiful this year! zinnias and dahlias are nice.. sweet peas are already fading, and so has some of the monarda. the penstemon was nice, (i think i'm going to move it). the purple coneflower loves it's new spot...right up front where eveyone can see it when they come in the back yard gate. the nasturtiums are lovely, and i'm going to let the seeds fall and see what happens. and of course the portulaca comes back every year, though they are sometimes slow to show up. i'll have to thin the liatris come next spring....the rose of sharon is going like crazy (those are not mine, but my aunts(we share our back yards...that way i don't have to have a fence, and living in the city, sometimes you need all the room you can get..and she lets me do what ever i want as far as flowers and stuff...she grows the tomatoes and cukes, so i put up with the mess) (boy am i long winded tonight).. everything is nice to look at, and i'm happy with the work that i accomplished this year.
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dog days of summer................
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one thing at a time | Posted:
Sat Aug 04, 2007 1:30 am
it's been very hot and humid....can't even be outside for more than 10 mins. or so....went back to work this week....gardening is being reduced to weeding and dead-heading in the very early morning and after work....in this heat..just making sure everything is watered. can't even let the dogs out for too long.......ahhhhhhh the pleasures of air conditioning!!! everything is in full bloom, and seeds are starting to set on some plants.....have to keep an eye on that funky stuff i don't know what it is.....i should be getting pictures back soon, and will post asap. sunflowers are now taller than me (5'3") and the flower heads are coming into view. august brings thoughts of fall and what i have to do to get ready for that....(lilac bush removal)after this hot spell, would welcome some cool air and even a thunder boomer!
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