Posted on July 12, 2021July 12, 2021Afternoon and evening Argiope spider. We call them banana spiders for the yellow but I think most people call them garden spiders. Missouri fluttermill primrose in the rock/sedum garden continues to bloom! Many tomatoes along with kohlrabi. A caterpillar on cilantro. Maybe a cutworm? It looks familiar… Uzbek golden carrots! Excited to try them… I harvested a bit early on two. Oops. Wes made hot pot style soup. It contains chard, kohlrabi stem and leaves, green beans, sweet peppers, onions, and green onions. A view of the spread. We have a vaccinated guest!!
Posted on July 11, 2021July 11, 2021Finally A Black Swallowtail has found the dill!!! Both plant and butterfly are a little worse for the wear…
Posted on July 11, 2021July 11, 2021Bisbee gray cowpea My previous California black-eyed cowpea has cream yellow flowers so I was not expecting purple. That blue smudge is really there and the photo shows it accurately. It wasn’t apparent around 8am when I first got up so I wonder if it’s pollinated and done.
Posted on July 10, 2021July 10, 2021Ecosystem! Always exciting as more and more insect predators show up! This is a male Blue Dasher dragonfly.
Posted on July 9, 2021July 9, 2021Primrose Missouri fluttermill primrose in the rock/sedum garden is blooming though it’s closed for the hot afternoon. I like the speckles.
Posted on July 8, 2021July 8, 2021First zinnia A volunteer from last year. The front yard ones in the rainbow beds are still small, though growing.
Posted on July 5, 2021July 5, 2021Revving up Picking some tomatoes early to ripen inside because so much rotting outside in humidity.
Posted on July 3, 2021July 3, 2021Growth in rainbow beds during rain – July 1 This rain barrel normally catches rain during light storms but Thursday afternoon’s downpour was too much. This barrel’s gutter downspout is often very aggressive and sure enough it hit the rain barrel perfectly. After the downpour (and after work), I got bits of sedum to press into the mud. Hopefully they can root since it’s supposed to be in 80s for a few days longer at least. If you zoom in, you can see I put two rows around each of the rainbow beds on the side slope. You may also note that the zinnias are doing well!! The back bed got smoothed down more by rain. See my previous post for how I continued shaping it on the next day (Friday). So glad I’m almost done with the major earth moving.
Posted on July 3, 2021July 3, 2021Side yard dirt moving on Friday I’m getting the last bed much smoother and dirt on lawn much more level. Was able to do this on Friday evening as no rain since Thursday. Pasta from scratch topped with a mix of garden and store tomatoes, and garden oregano.