Lovely July

This is the best month of summer, it's full of life and color and SUN! The beans and squash have sprouted in the greenhouse, 7 days after planting. Yesterday I lifted the flaps at the bottom and that made it a lot cooler in there. The weather has been hot, but we got some relief Tuesday night with a thunderstorm and rain. The beans in the fenced garden are growing well, but the squash still has not come up. The lettuce and cabbage are finally over transplant and cold weather shock.

The peas are ready. I put them and bok choi in ramen, and miso is a healthy substitute for the flavor packet.

Bug update:

The mosquitos are terrible, and the rain will help them stick around; but chewing fresh garlic is a great repellent, and it repels people too, as an added bonus.

The grasshoppers are big enough to eat now and Coconut is well fed again. They like to eat the mullein by the back door, which is handy for a quick Coco snack.

Feng Failure

The fountain is in its new home in the missing "wealth" area. Ignorant in the ways of Feng Shui when we built our house, we made a terrible error. Making "L" shapes where two sections of a house meet and there's an indented space in the floor plan can be disastrous. In our case, it was in the wealth section, big surprise. Not only that, but we have glass front and back doors lining up, so you can see right through the house, the"money in--money out" set up. Tell me about it. But there are remedies. Mirrors, fountains, crystals. And remember guys! Put the toilet seat lids down if you don't want your money to get flushed!

Flower power

Oxeye Daisy and Coreopsis

Foxglove

Neon Cowboy Mini Rose

Tidy Tips

Moje Hammarberg Rugosa Rose (smells yummy)

Slammy's Gourd

Sage and English Lavender

Pinks

Honeysuckle

It's 81 degrees, partly cloudy at 12:00 pm.