Garden Dreams and Dirty Nails: What a (little) Relief

We are actually getting some rainfall this morning! It is light but persistent, and hopefully it will continue through the day. Again it has been a few weeks since any measurable rainfall, and watering has become an every other day event. I pulled out my tomatoes, we did have one red one that we ate, and it was pretty good. The plants had no more blossoms and looked very unhappy. I pulled out the snow peas, they just couldn't handle the heat, and replanted bush beans. I also planted beans where our onions were planted. I've put basil in the pots that the beans were in and they are doing well. The beans handle the heat well, didn't like the pots, I think I over watered them. I've noticed something eating them, possibly grasshoppers. We have a lot of them in the yard.

The perennials are doing better with watering except a lot of the phlox which may be struggling with the heat. I've been planting more sage, and will also try some lavender. The millenium allium plants are also doing great, I added a few more to the sweet cherry tree circle. I just need to decide what will go in on the rock edge along with the prairie smoke that needs to be thinned out.

My milkweed is struggling and it may be due to me just digging too much with replanting etc. The Monarchs started out slow this summer, but now I'm in the process of releasing 30 butterflies, plus I have more caterpillars munching away on plants. I just have to collect more plants from somewhere else that hasn't been sprayed with chemicals. This rain should also help boost the milkweed plants in my yard. Greenie