In the Gardens

71°f/about 22°C, clear, humid. Supposed to reach 94 today, with a heat index of 108. 

A busy bee in the garden

This will be a good day to stay indoors.  As a matter of fact,  this whole week looks to be a stay-inside week, with temperatures in the high 90s predicted. Not fun. So we will be out early and maybe again late in the day until the weather improves.

Yesterday was nice, not too hot to be out most of the day. Larry and George put together the rose arbor I got for Mothers Day from George, and put it in place. I am going to love it. 

It's really level, just my picture taking is caddywhompus.

I did some weeding and picked things for a salad.  The other evening I planted more lettuce as this batch will soon get bitter in the heat, and also planted rhubarb chard, late squash and cucumbers. We got our first tomatoes,  little red and yellow cherry ones, which went into the salad.

Also got a second picking of broccoli, which is forming sprouts from the sides now. With care, these plants might produce all summer. 

This is Red Sails lettuce, my favorite.

In the afternoon George took me to town and bought a smart TV for my birthday! (He is such a good son---well, they all are, truly. I am a lucky woman.) We spent a good while trying to get it set up and have mostly accomplished that, just a few more odds and ends to sort out. Derek came over after helping his daughter move, and we all went out to dinner. Nice! Today the two guys are golfing, and Larry and I got outside early to do some stringtrimming before it got too hot. 

I stuck some sedum in an old meat grinder. I will have to keep it watered daily.

I have been pulling up handfuls of the Mexican primroses and yarrow, now that both are past their prime.

 These petuwas 3.00 for a large pot because they had no bloom on them and looked sad. Large planters and good dirt soon brought them out of it.

I have never grown this kind of begonia before, but I am in love with them! The iron rod is to keep the dogs from knocking over the planter, which they did as soon as I put it there. The rod works! No more overturned pots, thank goodness.

.I picked the blooms off basil and sage, then added a few coreopsis to make a fragrant house bouquet.

I continue my news boycott, but did hear through my son about the bombings last night. So, here we go again. It was justva matter of time before the Idiot-in-Chief used his power to push that button. He just couldn't wait, could he? We shall soon see what the repercussions will be.

Meantime, get out in your gardens, walk in the woods, read a good book or whatever will give you peace. It becomes even more important to hold on to that as our world,  and particularly our country, spins out of control. Hugs, friends, til tomorrow 

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