It's quiet in the garden

Not much new going on. Sunflowers continue to go a little crazy in the front of the house, which is fun. I wonder if our neighbors think we're crazy.

Who knew chamomile was so pretty?



Tonight's harvest!

Sunday morning, brings the dawn in...

Ah, Lou Reed. But he doesn't really have much to do with our garden. Anyway...

Saturday morning harvest! We pick about 3 or 4 cucumbers every day, so yesterday I made 8 pints of refrigerator pickles. Today I might need to make dilly beans!



Silver Dollar Plant is ready, and this pink flower (another one that I can never remember its name) is doing well, looks nice with the hygrangea.



I brought these Brown Eyed Susans from Cold Spring when we moved. I seriously cannot believe those pansies are hanging in there, it's been so hot!



My beloved white Phlox, being totally crowded out by the wild, invasive purple phlox I bought at a Stony Kill plant sale a couple of years ago. Hmpf.

Magic beans!

Before:



After!



YUM!

It's hot, and dry. Very dry.

Wow, it's hot and dry. The grass is crunchy. Not good.

Here are some updates:

I told you there were canna in there! I'm crossing my fingers they will bloom.



Our house is being taken over by sunflowers, all volunteers!



The hydrangea from Oma is just beautiful. I'm hoping for even more blooms next year.



These lilies smell so sweet, we can smell them from inside the house sometimes.



This lovely daylily was a new addition last year (with the daisies seen in the background).



Smoke Bush looks good! To the right is Bee Balm from Mom's yard.



First bean harvest of the season!



We picked this up in Iowa, and Steve assembled it yesterday - too cute!

What we saw on our summer vacation

While we were in Lincoln, NE last week visiting my sister, we went to the Sunken Gardens and the Hamann Rose Garden. Here are a few of the things we saw.

Red Velvet Yarrow - I would love, love, love to get some of this.



Variegated iris:



Bee Balm:



Lady's Mantle (I planted this a couple of years ago in our gardens, and it didn't come back):



Some seriously happy Coral Bells, and a bumblebee doing it's thing on them:





Blooming Hens and Chicks!



Turtle baby statue:



I love old fashioned, white hydrangea:



And, hail - eek!

Rainy, humid update

Blech. Humid and grey. Not the best day to be in the garden for me, but the bugs sure seem to be enjoying it. Some new things blooming:

Rudbeckia - I planted these a few years ago, the second year they were gone, I thought oh, well but no, now they come back each year, in different spots, so I guess they are reseeding themselves.



White Astilbe is looking good. The pink is hidden under the hydrangea and daylilies, I need to mark it somehow so I can move it come fall.



These pink lilies are doing their thing quite nicely:



And here's a colorful wide shot of hydrangea, daylilies, yarrow and rose campion:

Our visitor of late

Weird, right? More white than black. Hmm.