Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Hanging in there. Part 3, 1 by billyporter

billyporter wrote:
Oh my, we have all been busy. I have just enough time to do my weather thread and a couple other, and then I try to get out early and walk. Yesterday I took a ''me'' day and just moved from one lawn chair to another. The town was absolutely quiet and there was a slight breeze. The mosquitos have died down and I just smelled the oriental lilies for a change.

The quick weed and some of the usual grasses missed the Preen, so I've been able to get out and pull them. The tomatoes are coming on, but we've only picked a couple of ripe large ones. The cherrie tomatoes, I want to dry. I pulled more beets and cooked them. The cabbage is getting ready and I want to do kraut. It's almost too hot right now and DH can't stand the smell. I can till it really gets going, :o)

We had some wonderful deep rumbly lingering thunder, but the rain stayed light all the way thru. It keeps popping up instead of being over and makes a nice morning to sit with the window open.

I have an elderly friend who has flowers. I noticed a ferny plant by her garage and asked about it. She's had it forever. It was her Father's Mother's flower. She remembers Grandma picking the leaves and adding it to the flowers they took to the cemetery. She gave me some. She doesn't know what it is. I was pretty sure it was Tansy and it is! I'm thrilled because I've wanted some for a long time. I'll share some with my neighbor too. I potted it up since I don't have a place for it yet.

I also brought home a stalk of swamp milkweed. It's such a pretty pink color.

July is half over. I can't believe it.

Tansy. It will bloom in August.