It’s Summer.

Here we are finally at summer, and it actually feels like it today. Hazy and hot. Just the way the summer flowers like it, and now that it looks like the summer temps will be here for awhile, the summer flowers might actually put on a little bit of growth. The segue between the tulips, the cool flowers and the summer flowers is always interesting. Sometimes there is a gap, sometimes they get confused because of the interesting weather patterns and sometimes it all works. I think that this might just be one of those years…fingers and toes crossed.

I think, and I say this with hesitation, that the last of the spring flowers for next year have been ordered. I am beefing up my range of anemones, dutch iris and alliums for the most part, along with a handful of some fun things to round out the spring flower offerings. Alliums are supposed to be deer and rodent proof, I don’t know who got to the bulbs, but out of the 100 alliums I planted last year, I had two, yup, two come up this spring and bloom. So like any good flower farmer, I am ordering more. We shall see what happens. I do love the alliums, but not as much as my dahlias, and the damage right now is bad enough I am letting our dog Jager in the garden when I am in there working. At this point, who can create the most damage?

The last of the sunflowers have been planted out, and the pumpkins will go in the ground on Tuesday. We shall see. The willows have been planted and I am creating a new bed for the last? of the shrubs that I want to plant for cutting. I am also starting more perennial beds amongst the taller shrubs because I want to make it easier on my body in my later flower growing years. I just don’t want to get bored because you all know what happens then. Maybe not. If I were to be bored, no, let’s not go there. Poor Steve.

I leave you with not a flower picture, but this.

I am not a grumpy flower farmer, I just don’t have Steve making funny faces at me to make me smile. I took this photo myself and was concentrating. Maybe a bit too hard?

Until next week. Summer is here! Allie