Positive thoughts for everyone affected by the flooding recently, I'm praying that this will be enough rain for a while. The water is supposed to crest either today or Tuesday here in the Fox Cities and I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I was down in the flats yesterday and oh my, the water is rushing.
Garden update..the peonies are absolutely amazing this year, full beautiful blowsy lush flowers, they remind me of warm summer evenings, an ice cold gin and tonic, sultry blues music that courses through your veins and makes you want to move and lots of ooh la la. Gives me sinful thoughts just to think of it, these flowers are spectacular. And if you are ever confronted with peonies in full bloom that suddenly get rained on and decide they can't keep their heads up any longer, do not despair. Cut those babies about an inch or so of stem and float in clear glass bowls. Exquisite.
Corn is about 4 inches high, hoping for knee high by the 4th of July. If so, then they will be right on schedule.
Confession time. I ALWAYS create a garden map to help me remember whats what. We are talking decades of garden mapping. My memory is not reliable from one day to the next. Don't ask me what I wore yesterday as I cannot tell you. In fact, there were several times when reading a great mystery, that someone would be asked to provide a clear picture of their whereabouts. I would be panic stricken at the thought of ever having to retrace my steps. Yet another reason to behave I guess. Anyway, back to the non existent garden map. This year I didn't think it would be a problem, I was behind, had a ton of stuff to do, wanted to get things in. Wow. Big. Mistake. I planted 2 kinds of winter squash and 2 kinds of summer squash. Who's who??? Ditto the watermelon and pumpkins. I know better than this. Hmmm. Its all good, isn't it??? This year shall be full of surprises. I also am seeing lots of volunteers, the Florence fennel came back, but its in the quadrant I turned over to raspberries.
Mosquitoes, oh the mosquitoes. I am going to try to find a recipe for bug repellant using nice safe things. If I do, I will be sure to post the recipe. We're gonna need it.