Hodgepodge Time July 20, 2018

It's approaching hodgepodge time at The Acres. Lots of different things blooming and starting to bloom at the same time. (I'll put up pictures tomorrow, per usual. Still lots of lilies, but they are starting to slow down--a couple though have buds but haven't even started yet. The phlox is starting to bloom "big time"--and fill The Acres with their marvelous scent. The annuals are really starting to mature and spread as well. And the hibiscus and their cousins, the Rose of Sharon are blooming. Water lilies all over the pond. Delphinium, stoke's aster, cardinal flowers, crocosmia, glads, sunflowers, a rose or two, balloon flowers--and verain, wild senna, mallow, bee balm, and lobelia in the wild area--just tons of variety this time of year. Takes me a long time to walk The Acres. Hey, it takes me a long time just to creep down the driveway when I've been out awhile. It's as if my Gardening Angels just started splashing colors everywhere. The Abstract Acres?
I will be back at school before long though. I mulch a little just about every day. And I have three beds yet to re-do; two of them pretty good size. If I just do a little each day, I should make it. If not, no homework the first couple weeks, kids!! (And if you believe that . . .) Been chipping away at the book pile, too. Making progress? Well, I would be if I didn't keep adding books to the pile. Old dogs can't learn . . .
There is just one "problem" at The Acres. The hornets are building a nest under one of my eaves. Calls for a night time attack I think. They get irritated very, very easily. =) But they have to sleep, right? I'll shoot them through the screen just in case they are light sleepers.
Time flies when you're having fun. And speaking of fun, it's time to mow the wild area. Hope your day is lovely--mine is. =)