It's hard to believe that today is the first day of fall when it's still over a 100° here and there's no fall weather in sight. The whole summer was hot, hot, hot!
This made for a pretty interesting and challenging year in the garden. The down side to all that heat was of course needing to babysit and water every chance we got. However, the plus side is that here we are in September and our garden is still producing with no end in sight.
By far my favorite thing this summer has been the flower patch. What started from seed and a fight (sorry babylove) grew into the prettiest little zen garden.
The sunflowers dominated the seed mix but some hardy cosmos and zinnias helped add some color to the mix. I loved seeing how just this addition attracted so much life to it. The insects, lizards, birds and bees has all been really happy. Walking down the road all you hear is the buzz, buzz, buzz of happy little bees. The only sad part is that my sunflower blooms didn't seem to last as long- must be the varietal?
The sunflowers dominated the seed mix but some hardy cosmos and zinnias helped add some color to the mix. I loved seeing how just this addition attracted so much life to it. The insects, lizards, birds and bees has all been really happy. Walking down the road all you hear is the buzz, buzz, buzz of happy little bees. The only sad part is that my sunflower blooms didn't seem to last as long- must be the varietal?
Next year I'll have to look into a longer lasting bloom. I also want to plant a separate row of zinnias that don't have to compete with the sunflowers.
Alas, here's a photo dump of the garden from this season 🌻
