August Flowers

Have you ever noticed that there are less flowers, or perhaps less colourful flowers, in August? Maybe its just that its typically hotter and drier so the plants are putting their effort into growing instead of producing flowers. There are some, of course, but just not the huge variety. Maybe less flowers to pay attention to is a good thing, because the vegetable garden is going great guns and its a good thing to pay more attention to it right now.

Brown (or Black) Eyed Susans, Daylilies, Globe Thistle and Echinacea are all present in the garden. Early in the month we had a fair bit of rain, although my theory is that gardening in the rain, especially transplanting, is a good thing. But by the time three kids and two grandkids arrived the weather was perfect.