So far, so good!

My flowerbed seems to be happy so far this summer. I still haven't mulched, though. (Must do that soon!!) But gave everything a nice soaking of Miracle Gro yesterday. The sunflowers are nearly as tall as the fence... but they're just trying to keep up with my swamp mallow. I think the angel trumpet was just taking it's time settling in... hopefully soon it will take off and start flowering.

I've been enjoying the little surprises from previous years....
like the balloon flowers and the calla lilies... I really need to add a few more of both of those somewhere around the house.

And I'm trying to take advantage of the "cool snap" (for June in the "midsouth") and dig another flower bed along the house. Hopefully I'll finish that one in the next few weeks.

The Memorial Garden vs the HEAT

Well my garden was growing beautifully....until it got hot and we had a dry spell. Now it looks terrible, despite my watering it faithfully every other day.

On a more positive note, the death in destruction in my garden will allow my to find the perfect spot for the memorial stone I ordered for my dog Bandit. It was much more than I wanted to spend, but its beautiful.

So, my next step is to figure out where to put it, clean out the carnage, and find some newer less expensive plants to fill in the blank spots.......I doubt at this rate I can match what Steph has done!