summer continues
Jul. 23rd, 2019 12:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jennlkPerhaps as a prize for surviving the four days of 90F+ weather, it has been gorgeous the last couple of days. Highs in the mid 70s, sunny and enough wind to keep the bugs down.
The LCCB has a concert tonight, after being rained out last week. Should be well attended - a nice amphitheater in downtown Howell, the band is based in Howell, and the weather is lovely. Lotsa people may be at the lake because of the lovely weather, though.
I did not get much weeding done over the weekend -- summer storms dropping over half an inch of rain overnight made the gardens far too wet to work in until it got too hot to work outside at all. Before the heat came, I finished the edge of the geranium/lily bed. I planted a couple of things up there, too -- I pulled out the purple ground-cover because it was choking everything else out, and it left a big open space. I put in a lovely pink astilbe and yet another stonecrop (that makes four in various gardens), and some hens & chicks because I like them as groundcover. I have some hope that the succulent groundcover that was being choked out by the purple stuff will come back, too. While dodging heat and storms, I was able to get the strawberry beds weeded, and made a start on the sedum/lily bed. J started weeding the pond area before he left, getting the gravel edge done and starting on the area by the weigelia & sand cherry. I did some more work out there yesterday, and once the cranes leave the pond, I'll go out and do more work there.
The cranes have been spending significant time in our backyard, usually picking up sprouted birdseed or bugs from the lawn, and occasionally wading into the pond to drink. They have a couple of spots under the trees by the field where they'll settle in for rest time as well.
I saw the first pond frog of the year last night. I've been counting 'bloops' in the evening, but hadn't actually seen a frog until last night. Well, other than the tree frog who was hopping across the driveway Saturday evening after the first round of storms.
J is still on his way back from the AnnualPicnic.
The LCCB has a concert tonight, after being rained out last week. Should be well attended - a nice amphitheater in downtown Howell, the band is based in Howell, and the weather is lovely. Lotsa people may be at the lake because of the lovely weather, though.
I did not get much weeding done over the weekend -- summer storms dropping over half an inch of rain overnight made the gardens far too wet to work in until it got too hot to work outside at all. Before the heat came, I finished the edge of the geranium/lily bed. I planted a couple of things up there, too -- I pulled out the purple ground-cover because it was choking everything else out, and it left a big open space. I put in a lovely pink astilbe and yet another stonecrop (that makes four in various gardens), and some hens & chicks because I like them as groundcover. I have some hope that the succulent groundcover that was being choked out by the purple stuff will come back, too. While dodging heat and storms, I was able to get the strawberry beds weeded, and made a start on the sedum/lily bed. J started weeding the pond area before he left, getting the gravel edge done and starting on the area by the weigelia & sand cherry. I did some more work out there yesterday, and once the cranes leave the pond, I'll go out and do more work there.
The cranes have been spending significant time in our backyard, usually picking up sprouted birdseed or bugs from the lawn, and occasionally wading into the pond to drink. They have a couple of spots under the trees by the field where they'll settle in for rest time as well.
I saw the first pond frog of the year last night. I've been counting 'bloops' in the evening, but hadn't actually seen a frog until last night. Well, other than the tree frog who was hopping across the driveway Saturday evening after the first round of storms.
J is still on his way back from the AnnualPicnic.
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Date: 2019-07-24 02:39 pm (UTC)