The squash survived its near drowning and has a couple of flowers
Cucumber and tomatoes doing well.
Morning glories starting to climb
The honeysuckle
bloomed and dropped all its flowers. Himself read on a gardening site it meant the plant wasn't pollinated.
The milkweed is almost as tall as I am and
several have flowers
I haven't seen the squirrel in over a week so he hasn't been by to play leap frog on the stone towers
While I was lamenting there are no bees, I came across this very, tiny, lady on a dandelion. Can you see her? She was about half the size of my pinkie nail. I hope she'll direct her sisters to the yard.
Some thunderstorms gave way to a beautiful sunset though the iPhone camera didn't capture the beautiful pink light.
How does your garden grow
Your garden looks great. It looks like you have some type of fencing, to keep the deer etc. out. I didn't know that about honey suckle. I hope it's not a result of the drop off in the bee population that is very worrying. You're lucky your squirrel hasn't been around. Mine keep getting inside my bird feeder. I either need to get yet another new one that doesn't open like the current new one does, or figure out how to drill holes in the current one to make some sort of a latch.
ReplyDeleteI think Himself put fencing around the troughs to keep the chipmunks out than the deer. Though there are deer in the area, we don't seem to have a problem with them. My feeders have a weighted hatch. The squirrels are too heavy so when they get up on the perch, their weight closes the hatch. Doesn't work with the chipmunk. The little red squirrel figured out he could stay on the metal edges and get to the seed without standing on the perch. If the hatch did close, he figured out if he ran to the back of the feeder, his weight would open the hatch. I'm not sure there is a fool proof way to keep the critters from the bird seed. If there's a way, they'll find it.
DeleteYour gardens are doing far better than mine. I always love seeing squash blossoms and when there are enough, I like to fry a few, even if it means less squash.
ReplyDeleteYour flamingo flag is adorable.
Ma used to fry squash blossoms. Yum! The flamingo flag is as close to the plastic flamingos as I could get for the Zensical garden. All I've been able to find a really small ones.
DeleteFried squash blossoms? How did I not know about this? :o
ReplyDeleteYour garden looks great! Too bad about the honeysuckle though.
The honeysuckle lasted barely a week, very sad. Here's a recipe for the Fried Zucchini Blossoms from Cooking with Nona: https://www.cookingwithnonna.com/italian-cuisine/fried-zucchini-flowers.html
DeleteI'm glad the water issue didn't stop your plants from flourishing. Everything looks great! I didn't know that about honeysuckle. Ours isn't nearly as big as yours, but it's still the most popular item for the hummingbirds. They're ignoring the feeder completely.
ReplyDeleteThe poor hummingbird that came the week before the vine bloomed is probably wondering WTH! Glad you can enjoy your honeysuckle and hummmingbirds
DeleteYour garden is growing well … I'm pleased that the squash survived its drowning and now has a couple of flowers.
ReplyDeleteThat is a nice sunset picture.
All the best Jan
I guess the squash just loves water. Hopefully, we'll get some squash. Not sure if the flowers will bear any fruit as we haven't seen any bees to pollinate things.
DeleteThat's interesting about the honeysuckle! I hope the bees come by. I have to admit, I've seen some in my area, but not that much! Makes me sad! Your milkweed is doing amazing! Wow! Love your sunset photo! Big Hugs!
ReplyDeleteThere aren't many bees around. There's a fella in town who keeps bees. He said his hives were hit with some sort of virus and he lost many of the bees.
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