Other than the cucumbers and onions have all been harvested for the year, there's nothing much to write about, so here's another photo dump post.
The black-eyed peas (cowpeas) are nearing harvest time. These are the purple hull variety. You'll see why they're called that when you get to the third picture, but you can probably already guess.
Last time I wrote about the canteloupes, there was some powdery mildew on the shady side of a couple of plants that I was going to keep an eye on. I kept an eye on it, but I didn't do anything about it, so this is what the plants look like now:
It didn't seem like there was any good reason to spray something on them since they're pretty much done producing anyway. I did get some delicious melons...
...but for every one I got, the critters got two. Fortunately, I planted a lot of them.
A little Missouri primrose volunteer showed up when I pulled the dying Mexican sunflowers. There hadn't been any planted there before, so its seed made its way from elsewhere by bird or by beast.
Something I ran across recently that I'll share: You may recall I've described how to tell a Viceroy from a Monarch butterfly by the black stripe through the lower wings of a Viceroy.
Viceroy butterfly
Recently I came across a photo showing the difference between a male and a female Monarch on a site called ButterflyLady.com. This might be a little trickier to see out in your garden. To spot the spot, so to speak.
The japanese beetles have dropped off to just a few now and then, and that combined with bagging the rose blossoms when the buds start to open with little organza drawstring sacks, I've been able to at least get some nice bouquets.
'Pat Austin' (salmon orange), 'Grande Amore' (red) and 'Domina' (white) roses
Daylilies, 'Yellow torch' Mexican sunflowers, orange 'Queen Lime' zinnias, 'Snowdrift' marigolds,
'Audray' white and 'Strawberry Fields' red gomphrena (globe amaranth), and 'Dark Desire' roses
'Neptune' (lilac hybrid tea), 'Poseidon' (lilac grandiflora), and 'Dark Desire' (dark red hybrid tea) roses,
'Carmine' gomphrena, 'Cora deep lavender' annual vinca
Keep your cool.
Till next time.
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