June 14, back from Florida and need to make a report

Well, the news was that there was a huge hailstorm while I was gone. I got a text from someone who told me the gardens were destroyed.  Hail is funny. It falls where it will and it did not really damage too much.  The two dahlias in the garden near the house don't look real good but hoping for some photosynthesis to take over and they will come alive.  As you can see the dahlia in the Prayer garden is doing great.  see it there in the middle?

Here are some pictures from the veggie garden:

I just pulled out the arugula.  Looked awful.  The sugar snap peas have so many blossoms.  Now how long did that take?

The lettuce is not big but might taste okay.

Radishes not doing well.  The flowers there in the back are fine and note the green beans have popped up. They have some hail damage.  The spinach looks anemic. so much for getting iron from my spinach. it's my soil. I really think my soil is just bad, bad, bad.  would need to dig it all out and put really good soil in.  Amending it is not working.  I wonder if those zucchini plants will do anything?

Italian garden:

The pepper plants look bad. I am letting everything really dry out, let them suffer a bit. I know, they are not olive trees or grape vines (remembering what the winery guys in Italy told me).  There are little tomatoes already out.  I  would say this garden is a C now.  not very good like last year at least at this point.

What makes me smile:

so nice to sit on the back porch and look out at the Prayer garden.

  One issue:

Note the impatiens.  Just not doing well and they used to in this location. I think it is because Tom cut down that rather sick Aspen.  The impatiens needed the shade. The ones in the Apple Tree garden are looking good.  I did some replanting in the House garden.

Happy with the front of the house: