Even early in the morning it was hot and steamy in the garden! Heat advisory warnings said that the, ahem, elderly should stay indoors and out of the heat. We decided that would be the smart thing to do, but Ed just had to pick some Oregon Giant peas for dinner and the ripe strawberries. We might as well have been in a tropical rain forest instead of our upstate New York garden. For several weeks we had been having a dry spell. Many plants were looking dry stunted and droopy. Rain and heat changed all that. The plants have exploded with growth. Here the path is closed by Gloriousa Daisies that made it impassible. Here is another example of self seeded plants defining our garden. We could not have planted this area better ourselves.
Knowing I would be stuck inside, I wanted to capture images of some of the lush growth. Bright orange Butterfly weed against wet bright green makes for a hot photo!
This bed in front of the house gives every appearance of a carefully planned area. The parallel rows of nearly buried stones soften the sloped ground here. Rain runoff has yet to wash away any of the bark mulch and just yesterday we had severe thunder storms with heavy rain. Ed does still need to finish the stone path and turn the corner for the garden at the west end of the house.
I was delighted to get a picture of a white clover blossom wet with dew. We seem to have a single white Red Clover plant and lots of pink ones. Whether this clover is a garden specimen or a weed depends on where it is growing, but I think the white one will stay.
By the time I got to take this shot of a Swallowtail caterpillar on dill growing with the beets, I was getting too hot and too wet. As always Ed managed to stay out a little longer than I did. By 9:30 AM we were both cooling our heels indoors. From then on the garden got hotter, wetter and wilder. Heavy rain, thunder and plenty of lightning lasted until bedtime. I was pleased to see lightening bugs in the garden undeterred by the wild weather.
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