Hot weather always brings out the indolence in me. Plus I came down with a head cold. Is there anything worse than a head cold in high summer? Well yes, there are plenty of things far worse. But I'm having a pity party for myself, so it feels like the worst thing ever.
It's not a super bad cold; I'm just tired all the time and leaking from the eyes and nose. I did manage to get a little yard work done this weekend. Mowing the lawn and a few hours of weeding. There is so much to be done! The weeds went crazy with all that rain while we were gone. The good news is, the plants we want did well too. The flowers are all in bloom and the vegetable garden is overflowing its space. We did lose one zucchini plant, but the other two look good.
The hydrangeas are all in bloom, and they're all pink! That means our soil is alkaline, which was a bit of a surprise. I like blue hydrangeas better. Guess we'll treat the soil this fall to make it more acidic, so we get blue ones next year. I ought to test the soil around the blueberries and see if it's acid enough. It's right under a pine tree so I think it should be plenty acidic. But I thought that about the hydrangeas too.
The sunflowers are coming into bloom, so are the zinnias, and I saw a hummingbird! It was zipping around the butterfly garden, then it saw me and zipped away. We have a few hummingbird plants scattered around the garden, but maybe we should put in more.
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