Sugar Snap Peas: June 7, 2023 so much rain. 12 rose buds

Every afternoon after a beautiful morning, the dark clouds come. I have a rain gauge and there was about 2 inches over the weekend. Saturday was such a gloomy day. Paula Bailey has given me a lot of frozen tomatoes (from 2020 and further back). I have made A LOT of bolognese sauce. Freezer is full of sauce, some from before. But with Alex and family coming, we can have pasta every night.

So I am writing this, again watching the radar. I have all these pots to cover plants. Here are pictures:

The dahlias are coming through. I hope they bloom before we leave Aug 25

I've added some edging, from the corner area. Soon the dahlias will be bigger

This is a new cherry tomato and the basil was one of the stripped plants but it is coming back

another stripped tomato. Added a pepper to the pot. Might have to move it.

New basil and new tomato

New basil, one of stripped tomatoes

Note the hail and the covers

This was Thursday. I had been at Walmart. I came home and it started. I ran around like a crazy person covering plants

The lettuce on the right has been good. And I just bought read geraniums on June 4

Added impatiens and Dianthus to this garden

Trying to be interesting!

The petunias generally are protected from the hail by the pine tree. I hate those needles but they have served a purpose

The day lilies. Very exciting. I learned how to keep the lilies blooming-cut off the pods. So we'll see

see the little leaves? I think this is a chocolate pepper. I was so excited about that pepper

The zukes and cukes were beat up but I fertilized with fish fertilizer today

I worked so hard in the fall and even this spring pulling out mint. Still working at it. I have transplanted a lot of that myrtle vine. You can see 3 of the vines here.