After weeks of relentless record breaking heat, the weeds, which thrive in the heat, have taken over the herb garden and the wildflower garden. Each morning and evening I try and weed until I overdo it and struggle back into the house. Wildflower Garden I did manage to make two small bouquets Wildflowers Black Eyed…

This is the biggest one yet

Bee Balm Lilies, Sunflowers Wildflowers in seed garden Butterfly Bush with small butterfly More Wildflowers

Today the temperature is 104 degrees. Pete left for Anchorage Alaska early this morning, so it’s me and Ellie until Sunday. I needed to take her outside so I decided, since it’s so hot, to take the golf cart. I figured she would get exercise and I could pick some flowers to bring inside. I…

I love this time of year. For the first time in 12 years I feel my garden beds are where I want them to be. Gardening is a lot of trial and error. I’m happy with the results Canna Lilies Red Hot Poker (buds starting) Coneflowers (Echinacea) Cleome The leaves of the Cleome look like…

Butterfly Bush (Buddleja) This is in the new wildflower bed that were all from seed. I don’t know what this is, shaped like a star Baby’s Breath, also in the wildflower bed

I bought 2 Blueberry bushes shorty after moving in. We bought a third one at a flea market soon after. They are approximately 10 years old. I first planted them in the raised bed that is now the herb garden. Too many bugs and birds were getting to them so I replanted them in large…

For the past six or so years I had edged my big perennial garden with beer bottles, (upside down). I could never get them submerged into the soil so that only the bottoms were seen. They kept coming up and some broke and the clear ones turned into terrariums for weeds. I finally pulled them…