Hummingbird moth on butterfly bush
Here it is almost the end of July! So far, so good! It has been a good growing year with heat and rains coming at just the right time here. The growth of the plants has been wonderful and they are lush. We’ve been harvesting peppers, cukes, lettuce, blueberries, raspberries, and 66 luscious bulbs of garlic to dry.
Veggies and Fruit!
Of course, the amount of rain over three days last week amounted to a little over 5 inches! Unexpected, and a bit much for some of the plants to handle. During a break in the downpours, I slogged through the soggy lawn to check on the vegetable garden. To my surprise, the peaches had this clear, oozy, jelly-like substance on them and my first thought was that there was a huge infestation of bugs and that was the result (sorry, no pictures). After searching the internet, I learned a new term – guttation. There had been so much water that the peaches were unable to absorb it properly and ended up exuding the excess in this sticky stuff. When I checked later in the day, it was gone! Yay!
And the containers are exploding with color!
Dragonwing Pink begonias, coleus, fuchsia, and sweet potato vine
Sweet potato vines, coleus, verbena, petunias, gaura, calibrochoa, pennisetum, solanum jasminoides vine
Petunias, lantana, Diamond Frost euphorbia, verbena, sweet potato vine
Gaura, petunias, verbena, Diamond Frost euphorbia, lantana, sweet potato vine
Aren’t they exuberant now? It’s getting to be a jungle out there!
