This creature was on the back door frame today. I left it alone. It was there for several hours. Profile view. Now Im doing the tomato plant choo choo train routine. Inside at night, outside during the day. I set up LED lights in the garage West window, to use instead of the sunroom which gets too hot. I worked too hard yesterday doing rose garden cleanup. It's moving along very well. Still more to do. Today I felt bad as a result, so I didn't do any garden work. Tomorrow - plant sprouting dahlia tubers, sprouting Four O'Clock seeds, and squash seeds. I did make a trip to the massive grocery store, and bought pepper plants Poblano, Serrano, and Jalapeño. I usually start my own, but this year bought them instead.
I planted six cells of these mixed morning glory seeds. I have a Love-Hate relationship with Morning Glories !! I love how vigorous they are, how abundantly they bloom and how they can cover a chain link fence in no time, and how they self seed so I have plenty for next year. I hate them because they self seed too much, are a PITA to remove from the chain link fence, and block air circulation because they totally cover the fence !! All in all, I love them more than I hate them, I guess, or I wouldn't keep on buying them !!
I like those morning glory flowers too. Here, deer or rabbits eat the young shoots but leave the older ones alone. I will plant some seeds too. The dark blue ones with glowing center look like "Grandpa Ott".
These were dahlia tubers that I dug up in late fall. I stored them in moist peat moss. I moistened them thoroughly a month ago, but nothing happened and I thought maybe they were dead. So I planted them in containers with fresh potting soil, to get them started. They are dwarf, almost miniature dahlia varieties that I grew from seeds. The flowers were nice, which is why I tried to save them. Some will be in deck containers, some in the border.
