I’d call this catching up, but since that’s my default these days, I guess I’ll just call it posting.

I ran my arse off all weekend, but most of it was watering because it hasn’t rained since last Sunday, and that wasn’t a ground-soaker, and now it’s got hot, so the soil is parched. I don’t exactly take photos of watering, though.

The volunteer elderberry looks really good, and has lots of flowers. It looks better than the ones that I planted, but considering a big goddamned tree fell on them, and Charlotte thinks they’re a fucking buffet, it’s a miracle they’re alive. Anyway, the volunteer looks good.

It finally occurred to me to take a photo of standing cypress when it wasn’t dusk. Much more vibrant in sunlight!

This little hyacinth bean probably won’t amount to much, but it’s cute and I like bean/pea type flowers, so I water it.

I planted a bunch of trumpet creeper seeds I bought and carefully cold stratified. Nothing. I planted the seeds that were left in a pod all winter, and eaten by whatever kind of bugs I found when I opened the pod…and I get a seedling. I’ll take trumpet creeper any way it comes (except near buildings)!

The last of my Snakeroot Faterpillars. One heading off to make his way in the world, and one grabbing a few last bites.

Not a great picture of the pond because of the strong sunlight, but I finally got around to moving my caladiums, and I also built a cairn for Palmzilla, so I was inspired.

I was also inspired to look for the picture of when I started. I believe this is 2015-07-26. Yikes!

When the other faterpillars were an inch-plus long, one little dude was barely over half an inch, and I believe this would be him. He’s a big fat guy now, but he’s the last of 2017’s Snakeroot Swallowtail cater-kids.

There is something wrong with me. It was already hot when I’d finished watering yesterday morning, but do I sit down in the shade and admire my work? Nooooo….I decide it’s a great time to go after the bush honeysuckle that’s crowding my volunteer elderberry! I was sweaty and dirty by the time I’d finished, but I took that bitch out by the roots, and left a nice hole for elderberry to spread.

Looks weird, but I’d rather weird than fucking bush honeysuckle (except Diervilla!)

My milkweed isn’t doing well, so I decided to supplement it with some cosmos seeds. Then, I planted the swamp milkweed I got from J, and threw in some peppers that our alarm system lady was going to compost. It is now a “milkweed” bed.

The tomentosa pipevine I got from J was four little plants, so I put two together in two spots on the fence so they wouldn’t get lonely. I hope they grow well!

The ratibida that volunteered right next to the pink aster I planted by the Sweet Tea honeysuckle has done quite well. It’s really too tall for the spot, but I’m afraid that if I move it, it’ll croak. It volunteered there, so I think there it will have to stay.