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they are geared to do their rounds at times relative to sunrise and sunset. we have some that come around each day too. i keep my windows closed (too much noise and allergic reactions to pollens so in the end it saves me a lot aggravation to leave them closed). we also have some mourning...

The Addams Family and The Munsters...

what if the O's are really worm holes to another dimension?

at the end of a long hot gardening day... On the Road to Shumble-Arrggghhhhhhhhhhhh!

it's a conspiracy!

i planted some of each packet of the network beans here today and filled the rest of the garden up with some bulk beans (Purple Dove and Yellow Eye) and then some other mixed selections of beans from last season. so off they go! felt good to be done with it. :)

i did get a large garden weeded and planted and also weeded some thistles out of another garden (which will be the next in line to be planted). was a bit warmer than i expected today and a nice breeze that certainly helped keep me cooler, but it was blowing enough that i didn't get the bean...

amazing, someone did what they said they would do. :) the field to the south of us got mowed today and so we won't have this round of flowering thistles to worry about. he said he would mow it again when it gets about to flower a 2nd time. it's getting green and looking nicer every day...

paraquat is a herbicide that authorities in other countries (Mexico and Columbia being the major ones at that time) that were growing pot would spray to kill it, but sometimes the growers would still be able to harvest it and sell it if they could catch it in time. very nasty stuff.

if things go well today i should be able to get a garden weeded and planted today if i go all out. then rains in the forecast for several days which means i may not get much more planted. hard to say as rain forecasts are not always accurate... not what i want here, rain delays, but weather...

i think those pink clematis will fade towards more white as the blossoms age, but they are still beautiful. :) we have the same type here. irises can sure take over in the full sun. :) just for grins, i thought they looked like a big fan tail goldfish... i don't know why, but Mom did not...

*whew!* was getting worried about the thistles that are about to bloom and so i rang the neighbor who owns the field and he said he was just getting ready to mow the problem areas. i told him i was very glad to hear that and would kiss his feet. :) not having all those thistle seedlings...

so glad to hear as i recall some years ago you were really struggling with the gardens. :)

Abby Normal

she's looking so happy. :) i'm so glad it is working out.

a term heard in recent years has been "rage quitting" a few moments ago i was pondering "rage gardening", which is probably a more extreme version of dirt therapy...

this may be a tough topic for some people here so i'm putting that right up front here, drug addiction... in scanning the news headlines i came across this article: https://www.npr.org/2025/06/10/nx-s1-5414476/fentanyl-gen-z-drug-overdose-deaths i knew things were bad but i didn't know how...

i found out by experiences on the road for several years that i sleep best when i sleep in the car. hotels, tents, visiting friends all have their downsides and it takes several days of being someplace before i can sleep very well. which makes sense too because spending a lot of time in the...

some plants don't really like to be disturbed once planted. also i'm not sure but they are probably full sun kinds of plants and you may have too much shade for them there? though of course after transplanting you'd not want them in full sun until they've recovered... the term transplant...

like chumps or chomps... glad they helped with the aphids. we have so many of the various lady bugs around here that i rarely see any common aphids on any plants. it's the gray-green aphids that show up on crucifers that nothing we have around seems to go after (because we don't grow many of...