Haps

Long overdue post, I dare say.  ...And I can't think of other words to put here, so on to a quick State Of The Garden.

We had a pretty significant hot streak here.  It was in the eighties for several days.  My peas were most unhappy.  Never have I seen such sorrowful peas... I might be exaggerating a little.  But they were pretty droopy and wilted.  I was beginning to suspect disease or something.  But then it turned out they just needed more water.  They didn't like the heat, so they were still pretty frowny during the part of the day they spent in the sun.  But once the shade came (it comes around two in the afternoon for the peas) they perked right back up.  It cooled down to the seventies today and yesterday, and they looked a lot better.

Anyway, they have grown a lot, even if they were stressed out.  I think, by the way, that part of the stress came from the very drastic temperature changes we experienced.  We went from mid sixties and overcast to eighties and bright hot sun practically overnight.

Anyway, here they are, looking a lot better today.

Be cool, peas.  Be cool.

Anyway, the Lavender is actually looking better.  Maybe it won't die after all!  I think it was really enjoying that sun.  The rosemary is also looking pretty chipper.

I put more soil at the bottom.  I wasn't sure, but it seemed like too much of the plant's neck (haha, dig my technical lingo!) was exposed as the dirt settled.  More dirt just seemed like the thing to this clueless gal.

I threw some wildflower seeds around in places that I had no plans for.  I decided to take the year off from tomatoes, so it turned out that the flower bed was pretty vacant.  I also put some in the... you know what, I think I already told you the thing about wildflower seeds.  Either that, or I'm having one of those deja vu-ish moments.  Anyway, they have sprouted.  I've curious to find out what we will be enduring--er, I mean enjoying.

My other seeds are sprouting too!  Check it out, squash and beans!  The soil was nice and warm this week, so they came up ever so quickly.

I've always found it interesting that beans come up with true leaves.  I mean, I think they are true leaves.  But other seeds seem to only sprout with cotyledons.  I wonder what other plants sprout with true leaves.  Also, I'm pretty sure a wire worm had a nibble on that one.  Ugh.

Moving on.

Since it was so hot, I moved all my greens to the fence so they could get some afternoon shade.  So my patio is looking a little wacky at the moment.  What can one do.  That is certainly an advantage to container gardening though.

The slugs have been devouring the spinach and chard.  Boo.  Strangely enough, however, the broccoli and Kale have gone untouched.

Okay, this is taking forever, and I want to go watch shows, so I'm going to rush through from this point on.  Let's see.  Husband brought home a mini pallet!  Funny story.  Okay, not really a story.  Anyway, I wanted to make this into a vertical flower... thingy.  What do they call those?  Whatever.  Anyway, they're all over Pinterest.  So I got soil and flowers and so forth, put the whole thing together, and then realized that I should have lined the front, not just the back.  I mean why would I stop and consider the whole thing of soil washing away and blah blah blah?  So I refuse to show you a picture of my flower tower (maybe that's what they call them) until a few days have passed.  It's supposed to rain this weekend.  So, if they settle in and make it through the rain, then you will be allowed to see them.  However, if the whole thing falls apart (as I predict it will), then you will also get to see that.  Because nobody's perfect, and I have no problem being laughed at on the internet.

But here are pictures of the pallet and flowers!

Husband also brought me a bag of strawberry plants from a coworker friend!  I put them in the ground right away, and they look pretty droopy, but I'm hoping they will be happy tomorrow.

Complete with green baby berries.

Hasty plant lady puts strawberries here.

Don't cry, Berries!  Everything will be okay!

Garlic is neat looking, and as it turns out, extremely fragrant when you nick off the tip of one of the leaves.  I will smell like spaghetti for the rest of the evening.  But I just had to know.  And now I do.  As does the rest of the house.  Yeah, I'm exaggerating.

We have a wasp nest inside the hose thingy.  Again.  Also, why don't I know what things are called?

Coolest thing this spring--a pair of finches made a nest in our yard!  Apparently they are ground nesters.  They are the ones that have that black hood.  Can't remember the name.  Hooded finch or something like that.  Anyway, both parents are taking care of the babies.  The kids are thrilled, especially Boy, since he studied birds in school this year.  So he is getting to do some scientific observation.  Awesome.

Sweet little babies!

Wide shot of the yard.  Complete with overgrown lawn and toys.

The end.