I’m really getting behind! I’d had Hypoestes before, but theyd always drop their leaves and die from lack of light even before they got a chance to get leggy or wilt; the reasons lots of people dont care for them. This one has done both (wilted many times), but it’s also…bloomed. Yay for my big south window with supplemental east windows!

Summer savoury!

I was digging holes for Echinacea, after work, so trying to hurry, and in an area famous for its flat, fertile, rock-free soil, I hit what I thought was a brick. Onje was assisting.

It was not a brick. Nope, it was a rock big enough to be worthy of Nov’ Scosh’s North Mountain. Goddamn! It’s going to serve some landscaping purpose; I just don’t know what.

The Echinacea doesnt look great, but the roots seem healthy, so fingers crossed!

Signs of life from the rosemallow! I guess it wasn’t too dried out after all.

This must be the tropical milkweed I (think I) planted. Looks almost ready to bloom.

I like these…forget the name ATM…better than the ones I bought as plants. They look healthier, too.