Anyone in our local area knows that much of New England was hit with a tropical depression storm on Tuesday night. Holy moly, the wind was incredible but thankfully not much rain, as much as we need rain, I am glad we only got .6″ of an inch. It would have created so much more havoc than we already had. I’m even more grateful that it wasn’t snow. Ohhh, that would have been bad.
So the flowers and the farm survived. The tall flowers like the amaranth, which is already over my head, and the cosmos are all listing at a forty five degree angle, thankfully they were all corralled in, but they did take a beating. I hear curved stems are all the rage these days in bouquets. They certainly do have a relaxed air about them. I do feel that curved is better than broken. The dahlias were pummeled, so they have been re-secured to their posts, given a pat and some food and hopefully they will come good. I am so ready for their beautiful flowers.
It has been quite a year for the bugs this year. Fortunately we have lots of birds and the guinea fowl dash through the garden a couple of times a day. They just wiggle through the fence on their way to enjoy the delicious cover crop that I have sown. I suspect that they are eating more seed than bugs these days, as well as the blueberries which is a riot to watch. You just can’t make this stuff up. Every morning after walking the dogs, I do the cabbage worm squish, the Japanese beetle drop in the soapy water and the squash borer lookout. Repeat again after evening chores. I just bless my lucky soul that so far I don’t have slugs because I find them the most, or one of the most disgusting things in the garden.
I was listening to a podcast the other day while in the garden and the flower grower, a floral designer was worried that growing flowers wasn’t an important skill, and her mother said “that everyone need the joy of flowers in their lives.” I can’t agree more, and I hope that you do as well.
Until next Sunday, I leave you with a couple bouquets bunched while harvesting. I hope they make you smile. They do me. Allie
