June 14, 2008

• The Southern Gentleman’s (We Use That Term Lightly!) Occasional Journal of Gardening, Stargazing, Lemonade and Carnival Lights

  6/13/08  Should write a book to go with that title–haha.  Lets see–in the yard:  Butterfly bush I bought last summer by left corner of front porch has doubled in size last few weeks.  Long pale lavender cones and springy stems for the sparrows to bounce up and down on.  A few butterflies.  In the rose triangle outside my office window, the orange rose bush also has had explosive growth, with large puffy orange blossoms.  The red knockout rose more to the ground, about to rebloom.  And also the purple plum pudding rose.  New white rose bush has buds but not rebloomed yet.

  Sunflowers germinating in one new bed.   Sunflowers and hollyhocks planed in another new one.   What had been my mother’s main flower bed I’ve raked but it needs to be violently weeded and soil added, then I’m going to dump all the seeds I gave up planting last year due to the drought.

  Elephant ears and caladiums shooting out of ground on wall next to basement–mad excitement!

  6/14/08       I don’t see where the coolness is–still humid.  Hear thunder but no rain.  That flower bed by driveway hasn’t been worked in years–and shows it.  Mosquitoes healthy.  Birdfeeders have cardinals, purple finches, goldfinches and sparrows.   Neighbor says I have “bluebirds,” but I haven’t seen them.  Butterflies now attending the butterfly bush.

  Happy Flag Day!

  Wil Adama

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