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Sunday, 30 July 2023

Gardening

 The garden thrives in the rain, heat, and humidity. People are wilting, however. People in and near Ottawa had a brief tornado warning on Friday. There was a lot of thunder and lightning. There was hail and strong winds in Ottawa. It toppled trees and knocked out power. Saturday was chillier, with rain and a cooler front moving in.

We used to live in Pineglen!

It did not cross our path, fortunately. We've moved from that horrid heat with overnight temperatures of 20 C., into a cold front. This morning it was 11 C. and the nocturnal tree frogs have moved down into the ivy. 


Emily enjoys the garden. Down in front of her is a petunia that seeded itself from last year! I love the pinks and purples!

This is a plant I got from a plant sale. (We drove to Playfairville!) It has spread and is a native plant. A double bonus.




The frog pond has benefitted from the rains. It was fairly dry.

frogpond from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

The frogpond had been drying up. July has been wetter than June. The pond has served its purpose. Tadpoles have morphed to frogs. Mosquitoes have relaunched their attacks.


I've no idea where this plant came from! iPhotos has a feature to identify it. This is what it came up with.


The angel's trumpet is setting blossoms, having dropped seeds from my planter last year.

July, 2022
 

The balloon flowers are thriving.

The forest is damp and humid. We've lots of mushrooms. I believe that Butch raccoon has been murdering mushrooms in the forest! There are a whole bunch of them knocked over. Maybe they want some butter and sauteing?

This is such a pretty rose. It begins more orangey-yellow, then changes to bright pink.


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14 comments:

  1. Tom30 July 2023 at 08:02

    ...this year I've seen a bunch of mushrooms too.

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  2. eileeninmd30 July 2023 at 08:05

    Hello,
    Pretty images of your garden and flowers.
    It is supposed to be cooler here today, less humid.
    Take care, have a great week!

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  3. DUTA30 July 2023 at 08:13

    It seems Ottawa has undergone a bit of a disaster: tornado, hail, winds..
    I'm glad you were not on its path. Hopefully it's over.
    Love your plants.

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  4. Anvilcloud30 July 2023 at 08:25

    We got the tornado watch notification, but it was north of us. Love the lower temperatures for a few days.

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  5. Olga30 July 2023 at 09:46

    Lovely blooms in your garden -- thanks for sharing them.

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  6. Barbara Rogers30 July 2023 at 09:58

    Love that you've got all these volunteers coming up from last year's seeds! And it is good that you all didn't get the worst of the storms, and are a bit cooler for now. I somehow thing because you're north of us, you should always be cooler! Silly me.

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  7. RedPat30 July 2023 at 10:11

    The temps felt good this morning.

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  8. Elephant's Child30 July 2023 at 15:36

    I love your garden and would welcome that cool change.

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  9. Red30 July 2023 at 17:52

    Weather is scary this summer.

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  10. Divers and Sundry30 July 2023 at 18:01

    Your plants are thriving! Mine need watering most days. It's more the heat than a lack of rain here. We're getting plenty of rain, though no tornadoes.

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  11. Elizabeth Edwards30 July 2023 at 18:12

    beautiful blooms. i will tell you …that this time of the year we have these, i am not sure what type or species??! but they are tiny little frogs (toads) that if you don't watch you will step on them or crunch them. i often hope they will get out of the way, 'cause when i a drive i can't see them, they are just precious. what a great sighting. ( ;

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  12. Nas30 July 2023 at 18:19

    Interesting post, thanks for sharing!

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  13. Crafty Green Poet31 July 2023 at 03:25

    Lovely photos of your garden, glad the storm didn't hit your area. We had a very hot, dry June and July is very wet and cool for the time of year

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  14. William Kendall1 August 2023 at 14:21

    We got the tornado warning, and a downpour shortly after.

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