The more I looked at the waterfall yesterday morning, the more I thought the wall needed to be just a little wider, so I dug up just a little clay from the bottom, and built it out a bit.

I made a before and after…clicky-click to enlarge.

Sarah-Flah’s backstop looks rather good now.

One small flower on great blue lobelia so far, which is impressive for a perennial grown from seed this year.

A few buds on joe-pye weed, also grown from seed this spring.

I’ve lost a couple more Monarchs to spined soldier bugs, but I counted 18 yesterday after finding 3 more on butterfly weed in Sarah-Flah’s garden. This little guy on swamp milkweed just moulted; his old clothes are right behind him.

Annual mallow buds…pretty!

I don’t remember what I planted in the swamp bed, and Charlotte walked the seeds all over the place, so it’s all mixed up, but whatever it is, I think it’s going to have a few flowers.