it was already warm when i got to the garden this morning after work...about ten thirty...and the beds were dry so i spent the first hour or so soaking them...after which i had a look around...
the asparagus is in full summer dress and continues to throw up the occasional spear...which indicates it is doing well...all we need now is "berries"...
out west in my bed the alfalfa seems to have definitely overcome its spring malaise...there are new blooms on the plants...
even the grumpy pepper is showing clear signs of getting on with a season...
the corn row is coming along...
the largest of the maize plants has tillered like a good heirloom should...
which is also what the maize ancestor zea mays mexicana down at the other end of the bed has done...it has flowered and swll and is producing more flowers on the tillers...no sign of silks yet...they cannot be far off...
there were no spuds ready to dig today...these three will be done son enough though...next week perhaps will see more harvest...
it is warm today...but there is nothing unusual about heat in indiana in july...it would not be seen as odd or abnormal, unlike the european heat wave of the past week...it's what happens...the non-native guest seems unfazed by it...in fact it is thriving in the beds and in the lawn despite obvious attempts to eradicated it...its basking in the heat is not the issue...its over-wintering is...i have taken a couple of more home...and while we are on the subject of home...
there is an abundance of dragonflies in my yard again this year which i find pleasing and which is providing some interesting photos...however the big insect news for me this week has been the emergence of several lines of evidence showing the presence of leaf cutter bees out there...
first the bee house has ( next to the clay plugged tubs i would surmise to be the doings either wasps or miserable earwigs ) two tubes plugged with leaves...a clear sign of leaf cutter nesting...and...
i saw and managed to photograph one of the girls hard at work...which has been a relief...it is late...but not too late.
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