Weโve had so much rain this year!! Good for the plants .. but the wind is going crazy today! ๐ฑ ๐จ This is what Nyxie thinks about all this rain and wind blowing over her flowers ๐ธ๐ฑ

Weโve had so much rain this year!! Good for the plants .. but the wind is going crazy today! ๐ฑ ๐จ This is what Nyxie thinks about all this rain and wind blowing over her flowers ๐ธ๐ฑ



๐.. and the 1st of 2 supermoons this month.. the next is the Full Blue Moon on August 30. ๐

๐I got an aero garden last year and the first thing I planted was coleus. Watching it grow was so fun! When it got big enough, I put it in pots on the back deck and it got huge! It was in my greenhouse over the winter when a storm blew the cover off and I didnโt think it survived. So sadโฆ but what can I do? I waited just to make sure it wasnโt coming back, then used the dirt in those pots to plant other things.. and planted marigolds and painted daisies in the pots. Next thing I know.. thereโs coleus growing everywhere! Itโs in my coneflower, the milkweed, my sunflowers, the rose mallow.. even in the asparagus! It dropped seeds everywhere, not just in its own pots, but in pots that were near it too. How exciting!! Now I have tons of coleus growing when at first, I thought it was a goner. Iโll have to try to collect the seeds from these so next year I can have even more.. after all, thereโs no such thing as too many plants! ๐

My hummingbirds got here a little later than usual this year and even then, they didnโt visit the feeders very frequently. Thenโฆ the squirrels, or maybe a raccoon, kept knocking down my feeders! I put this one closer to the house on a tree and so far so good.. nothing has knocked it down, and the hummingbirds are eating away. They also love the salvia, zinnias, and even the cucumber blooms. ๐

Sweet Little Bit in her safe spot.. away from the big kitties.. theyโre always picking on her. ๐ฟ๐ At first I thought she was somehow bribing them to chase her so Iโd feel sorry for her and let her come inside. The big kitties are all brothers and sisters but she came here as a stray when she was a baby so sometimes I think she feels left out. Well .. the last couple of cat fights seemed pretty real.. so sheโs inside in the AC for the night.. eating the dogโs food.. watching tv.. and just living her best life. ๐๐ฑ

Flint and Obsidian are becoming pretty good little gardeners. ๐คช๐ฅฐ They wonโt let me do anything without them. ๐ฑ๐ค๐ฑ



Zinnias are one of my favorites!! I canโt have too many. I still have 93 days until our first frost.. I might plant more today so Iโll have blooms in the fall too! ๐๐ธ๐ผ

I noticed that a few of my gourds have these pretty white blooms.. and they only bloom in the evening.. so i think itโs weird.. how do flowers get pollinated if they are only blooming at nighttime when the butterflies and bees are sleeping?! Of course I google, and the answer is like, duh!!.. nocturnal insects.. like MOTHS! ๐คฉ How cool!

