Doesn’t look like I did much, but it was so hot that I’m lucky I did anything! I did most of the laundry on Saturday night so I’d have Sunday free to plant the last part of Sarah-Flah’s garden.

Sarah’s garden is finished except I’m short a few bags of mulch. I got the trellis finished and painted the front side on Saturday morning. Still needs the wires on the sides, but that won’t take long. Painting it green made it blend in well; the silver wire fencing really stuck out.

I put down the cardboard and a layer of topsoil on Saturday, then yesterday morning, I added compost and a little Miracle-Gro.

My assistant. American Snout butterfly. He was very interested in the compost.

I ran out of mulch, so the front isn’t quite finished, but I planted a packet of harebells, a few dwarf bachelor’s button, and 4000 gaillardia seeds. Kind of late for seeds, but if they don’t get to bloom this year, I’ll live.

I also roped off the cosmos. Doesn’t need it yet, but it will eventually. I went around the perimeter twice, then crisscrossed at various points. Hard to see because the twine is green (and so were my hands).

Sunflower seeds were definitely viable.

Evening primrose is blooming.

First oregano flower. Happy bees.

Bee balm soon. More happy bees…and butterflies, and hummingbirds.

In less awesome news, my pipevine bebes are getting big, and might run out of snakeroot, thanks to the guy who claimed he shipped on Monday and now doesn’t respond to my messages. I still have no new snakeroot, and I’m not happy about it.

On Saturday night, P noticed a bird had made a nest in the sweetgum tree over the patio. The nest is only about 12′ up, but the bird seemed pretty chill. It was too dark then to see what kind of bird, but on Sunday, I saw her sitting there and got a camera. I thought it was too late for robins, but apparently not for this one!

Doesn’t look like I did much, but I did!