With the kids heading back to school, it's time to see what has survived amongst all the dry and crunchy plants in my yard. This summer was so hot and humid that I didn't accomplish a whole lot outside. My goal was to pull a 5-gallon bucket of weeds each day to stay on top of the weeding. I didn't make my goal, but was overall successful enough that the weeds are fairly well controlled in the planting beds.
My antics to amuse the neighbors were pretty much limited to moving the sprinkler around without completely soaking myself in the process. As the weather cools off a bit, I can resume my ongoing game of musical plants, which is always entertaining for the neighbors. There are quite a few plants still sitting in their pots that need to get in the ground, and I need to make my plan of attack for renovating the lawn, which is looking abused and is being invaded by crabgrass.
My tithonia (Mexican sunflowers) I grew from seed are now blooming. I need to remember to post a photo, so remind me if that doesn't get done in the next day or two.
How are your gardens doing?
