"The Summer looks out from her brazen tower,
Through the flashing bars of July."
- Francis Thompson, A Corymbus for Autumn
Record-setting heat in June with little to no rain. Prayers for rain this July, which is usually the rainest month here in central North Carolina, were finally answered . We had so much rain that many areas were flooded, but the thirsty garden was glad to have it.
The many coneflowers and Black-eyed Susans sprung forth with their cheerful colors.
My roadside garden flourished despite the excessive heat followed by drenching rain.
This will be an expensive month when the bills come in for irrigation and air conditioning !
On a more positive note, for the second year in a row I've noticed fewer Japanese beetles. Unfortunately there's a new pest in the Sweet Garden -rabbits from the neighbors yard. I've taught my mini-schoodle the word squirrel and now I need to introduce rabbit to his vocabulary of pests to chase.
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