Rain is falling this morning and it is much needed. The ground is so dry and crops are suffering. People are being cautious with their wells, and a neighbour is hauling water. Usually it is September before we really worry about the water level. The brown patches in the lawn outnumber the green patches. I am amazed how hardy the wild flowers are, still growing and blooming.
I have a wild flower/perennial garden this year. I didn't get out and do the necessary weeding this past spring, for a few reasons, and so my garden is made up of
weeds wildflowers, and the perennials. It looks very scruffy, but the butterflies and the hummingbirds seem to enjoy it. I have Brown eyed Susans growing, and I haven't had them for years. I must have been pulling them thinking they were weeds.
Here are a few pictures that I have recently. Greatgrandkitties and the garden after the rain.
Sully and Piper - one of their favourite sleeping spots
Brown eyed Susans
Raindrops on the Magnolia leaf
Weeds Wildflowers
Sky and clouds after the rain
My grandkitty from Ironwood, Franklin
I love your wildflower garden ! And if the hummers and the bees do too, well that's a bonus !
ReplyDeleteThe hummers seem to appreciate it, thank you Sybil. I noticed a little field mouse in the garden munching on some greens. First time I've ever seen that.
DeleteI think we're ready for more rain Bonnie.
DeleteThere is a special beauty about a wildflower garden. I love it,even if some people would consider most of those flowers to be weeds.
ReplyDeleteIt is a very full garden. Nature did all the work. I'm thinking I may do the same next year. We'll see what the spring will bring.
DeleteSometimes, weeds are the prettiest flowers. Yes, they are! And a combination of wildflowers and weeds the best. Your weather and dry spell are just like ours now in NE. Grass is brown, and we feel guilty as we water our own little flower garden. xo
ReplyDeleteI am so tardy in responding. My apologies. We finally got a little rain, the remnants of the disastrous flooding you had in the eastern states.
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