Accessible Gardening: Still Laughing With Joy #6 Accessible Gardening, 1 by seacanepain

seacanepain wrote:
I will have Nadine mow in the name of Kansas. It starts raining everytime it is her turn to mow. :-)
It looks to be the mid-south and mid-west that are getting hammered hardest by the heat. The only odd thing for us is the rain and humidity. This is normally the driest part of summer. There are pink oxalises blooming. Those have disappeared entirely by the end of May for as long as I’ve been here. I guess the almost daily rains are keeping the soil temps cooler. We’ve got it much easier than other parts of the country, but a lot of plants are developing fungal and other problems caused by constant high humidity. My apples have some odd looking growths on the trunk. The gardeners themselves are having problems too. Rashes and other skin conditions like impetigo are a concern. (Your DH can tell you how bad those can be, Carrie. It was a common complaint for those who served in `Nam.) You can sniff out those who have to work much outdoors. They smell of vinegar. That’s what everyone from herbalist to the Mayo Clinic recommend to keep fungal skin infections at bay. Ode de Vinegar is Kay’s usual summer fragrance, but it’s popular with everyone this year. :-)
I learned something about plant ID searches using Google. If a plant has a common name like “Naked Ladies” make sure to put “plant” or “flower” in the search bar. lol. (Jim)
Lycoris squamigera (a.k.a. Naked Ladies)