Thursday's Things

 A genetic branch off of the normal. It would be a good zinnia if it were sold in a package but I bet that it isn't. 

 The moss rose came up on its own but it took it all summer to look like this. I don't have hopes for it to ever be a good looking specimen. My neighbor has some growing and I see it through the fence. Her's is  so large and has spread out all over. 

 I bought three more of these for my back patio. I won't share much about it as the finished job will explain what I am doing with it. They are heavy pieces of concrete and I did get the in the car by myself. Only one wounded knew from it all but they three are now taken down the hill ready for their placement. I bought all red this time as I have found that my yellow and red ones have all faded now to the same color. Tomorrow the spade will be used to bury them. 

 I still have some rescued iris sitting in tines ready for me to plant. I saw a guy along the street east of us and his iris have been replanted very close together. I may find some blankspaces to put them in of my two new iris beds. I don't remember if I showed you the new, second iris bed that I finished. 

 It has warmed up to the low 80s today. It is good as we are going to get a lot hotter in a couple of days. I worked outside this morning with a long sleeved shirt but I took it off after a couple of h ours. Our grass is turning yellow again as we are moving into the fall. My neighbor mowed his back yard today but I think I will just wait a few more days. The mowing will slow down soon. 

I discovered that both of my humming bird feeders were dry. We had to stop and get sugar as we were out. My wife never was one to use sugar on most things and I don't get to have it at all.  So all sugar that is purchased is for the birds. Once I filled them, they were all back having their sugar water again. I read a few days ago that the goldfinch birds nest later than most kinds of birds . Their cycle for seed is from the fall seeds and it works better for the species to not nest so soon. I haven't seen any around lately but when they do have hatched birds they will be busy at my sunflowers pulling seeds. 

I spread grub killer today on all of my iris. We get them here in Iowa every season. They love to get into the rhizomes and eat them out leaving only the shell.  I put the preventition down today and will water it in tomorrow to get it activated.

Tomorrow is another day. Thanks for stopping by today.  

Middle of the Week

 Being able to bring in bouquets is so great. I get so busy that I sometimes forget that I have a garden full of zinnias. 

 My old begonia plant has just become huge. It is misshapen but I just turn it towards the good side. I have held this plant over durning the winter for a couple of years. 

 I have a mess in my back corner where the new fence went in that connected to an old fence. I can't really get back to work on it when the peonies are all full grown. I cut back one of my red peonies this monring and ventured into the area. I had some seeding asparagus that I had to cut back. I made it to the back side of the garden area and found the day lily that needed to be moved. It was in really dry soil and it took a while to dig it out. The clump was big and I decided to cut it in half and now have two lily plants that will put out pure yellow blooms next spring. I had to dig out two spots in the lily of the valley plants and put them there. The lily of the valley is getting to be too invasive so I was glad to dig some of them out of there.

It was hot and humid this morning so I had to take a few breaks. I keep finding new things to do. I will just priorities things and do them a day at a time. I still have two different kinds of iris that I need to get back into the ground. They were rescued iris that were growing in bad places.  I think one more garden area is going to be developed. Thanks for stopping by today. 

Singles

 

 

 

 

 I worked in the yard again today finding iris that needed to be rescued. Some were planted in wet zones and the rhizomes were starting to rot. Others were hiding in the weeds and needed to be moved from the area. I have some now to replant but I am not sure where that will be. The weather was pleasant today and we are headed for hotter weather soon. Thanks for stopping in today. 

 

Monday

 The sprinkles causes water droplets on the morning glory. The rains kind of wilt the flower but yet the collection of the water makes a good look.

 The vinning honeysuckle is reviving one more time. We had a dry spell but it seems to be doing well for the summer. We visited a friend's home yesterday and there vine was blooming just like outs. 

 

Even though I am pulling the vines out from the sunflower, tomato patch area, they are still doing great. It is a striking deep color and it will reseed itself every season no mater what. 

 

 I spent the morning digging up iris that was sitting in too wet of soil, clay soil, and also had over crowded rhizomes. I worked too long but I did dig out everything and moved them to my new flower bed. They are going to be happy in the new soil and the raised bed conditions. I will be treating for grubs as I did get into some infested iris. I haven't treated for them yet and I should have done it sooner.  I got too hot again today and had to rest for a long time afterwards. I have a few iris left to do but my two new flower beds are full and I will have to find a different place to move them. 

The weather was lest hot today and yet we are in the upper 89s. It was the last day of the State Fair yesterday and the first day of school today. Most schools are air conditoned now so they survive all seasons now.  Our kids did get out early for the first day which I am sure was planned. They will get back to a normal routine after this first week. 

Thanks for stopping by today.  

Sunshines and its Great

 

 

 

We started off with cool temperatures but we did warm up. It is summer and maybe moving into fall. It was nice to be outside with a gentle breeze. I am already thinking of things that I want to get done in the garden tomorrow. I know rain was forecast at one time but those things sometimes just don't happen. Schools start tomorrow for most schools and the kids will be gone from the yards again until next weekend. The State Fair is done and all the people are going home. The year seems to be passing by quickly.     Thanks for stopping by today.

Saturday's Stuff

 We had our first batch of sweetcorn for supper. We cooking it in the microwave with plastic wrap sealing it . It was very good. I can't eat much of it with the diabetic diet but I do have an ability to shoot some more insulin if I shoot up too high. The corn was very good. There are so many farmers who grow it in our area and I bought mine at the store rather than at one of the parking lot corners. 

 My wife got a family piece given to her yesterday. It is made by a company that I have never heard of before now. Crooksville China is on the bottom and it was a company in Ohio. I looked up the company and this would have had a lid on it. It would be used to hold hot soup before serving. The gold band is all still intack with it having a little leaf pattern on the handles. 

 The morning glories responded to me giving it more water. There were a lot of blooms on the vines this morning. 

 I had a couple of monarchs out today while I finished mowing the yard. The hummingbirds do love the zinnias too.  I could see them zooming in and out to the flower garden to go where ever they have to be. I asssume that some of them must be feeding baby hummers. 

 I had to buy some more dirt for my second flower bed. I ended up buying five bags of dirt of this and also bought a potting soil bag for me to use with houseplants. The lugging and tugging took place at the store to load the bags and then I use the wheel barrow to get them down the back hill, two sacks at a time. I was too tired to start planting my iris that are awaiting to be put back into the ground.  It will be nice to have a good bed to grow them in where they don't get to wet nor grass to invade them. I have more iris that I do plan on digging to put in here as things progress. I have lost a few of my treadured one that I moved down here so I will try to save all that I can that I still have. 

Saturday's Coming

 It still blooms in all of the heat. Full sun all day gave us a high temp of 88 degrees F.

 The butterfly is not really bothered by the heat. I saw them flying around all morning while I was mowing in the back yard. 

 

The morning glories closed down early today. I need to go water them as I as walking by this afternoon they were all wilted. The hose is right there and I do need to return and shut a gate on the fence. That will happen after supper.

 

My new butterfly bush is doing good. It did look a little beat up when I bought it but I know that it will turn around and look great.I sure have the butterflies this year of all kinds. It is kind of out of the way so I don't see any on the bush so far. 

We had a busy day and ended up with pizza and chicken strips for supper. It was nice to relax for the evening and we both have projects going on for Saturday. Thanks for stopping by today.