Julyish...

 

July is different than June as we all know..

It is fuller..too full at spots and different diseases and insects can surface.

In my case my beautiful hollyhocks have rust..the seeds I wanted to share..I should not as seeds from rust borne plants carry the disease..:(

And just a word of caution check your plants..see?  Those are a type of aphids I spray them off on these particular rigid plants w/ a jet stream of water or rub them off..on nasturtiums and such..rub..

I had ordered Shirley Grey poppies online..and lo and behold two showed up..all the rest are these.SO MANY.I was thrilled with the germination ..lol..the outcome..I mean I love them but have these.In real life they are a darker coral.

I had designated one special area for these greys..where no poppies had grown.

I LOVE Debbie's Darlings..LOVE and hope to gather my seeds and always have♥I have know Debbie since Gardenbuddy Days..It's been a pleasure:)Her eldes grandson starts kindergarten this Sept..Time flies..with my eldest..having one last yr of high school then college..driver's ed this summer.

We had some rain which plumped up the grass:)

I LOVE rain after a drought.

Pluviophile.

My blue hydrangeas have never been so pretty♥

The Japanese Beetles have arrived:(

Turns out microgreens are fun to grow!

Our bee house is beezy..so beezy..I circled a pale circle..I doubt you can see the small bee variety going in:) But it's abuzz with activity always.

Noah..becomes a teen..one left Oli..

I made Noah a No-Knead..he will get a kick out of it.

He'll be far happier with his other gifts lol but he will like this;)

Have a nice weekend~

Happy 4th of July to my American friends~