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.

Some storm damage from today’s thunder and hail storm along Riverside Dr. Near Mooney’s Bay. #ottawa #ottnews @ctvottawa pic.twitter.com/1XD0zwuuS1

— Dani-Elle Dubé (@danidmedia) July 28, 2023

We used to live in Pineglen!

For those curious at heart, this was the overall path of this afternoon's storms rolling through #Ottawa. Rotation was detected several times in its journey through town. This was for the first group of cells that passed through around 3pm. pic.twitter.com/rrIQeu8lo7

— Kyle Smith (@KylesWeather) July 29, 2023

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.