After the heat of the day, the wheat takes a while to cool off. When we open the windows at night you can smell the wheat. I didn't realize how much you could smell it until tonight.
Here are my agapanthus. I don't know why I get so excited when they bloom. Maybe it's because after having them for ten years, they have only bloomed 3 times.
Today I cut some branches off the pine trees to the south of the house. Now I have a big pile of branches to haul off. I will have to cut them into pieces before I can haul them away. Ten years ago I planted a wildflower mix that contained Yarrow, and some type of gaillardia. I have been trying now for three years to get rid of it and it seems to be impossible. I planted Iris and Day Lilies there and the wildflowers are crowding them out. It has really looked quite pretty with the wildflowers and the daylilies, but now they have all gone to seed (the wildflowers) and that means they will multiply. There is also a lot of quack grass. I am going to try digging it all out and then putting Preen on it. I use my Earthway weeder to go under everything. Then I pull it all out. I am getting a pretty big pile. Lynn gets cross with me because he has to haul it all away.
There is always so much to do, I can never get it all done. I am just glad that I am still able to get out and work in my yard. I worry that the day will come when I can't.
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