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June 2020 Gardening Holly Grove

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June Gardening at Holly Grove   Thursday 4 June   In a dry spell. I have watered all the pots in the patio today. Rain expected this weekend with Tropical Storm Cristobal. We will see how it develops.   The Big Leaf Magnolia is in trouble. Did I not water enough? The geraniums I have been praising are stopping to bloom like they did.   I have been mowing and have gotten the hay field done. Mowing is best if I do it in the am. The heat is oppressive in the afternoon.   I have pulled some weeds in the potager and planted and replanted some, whipporill, stewart zeebest, jicama, luffa.   Glads are good, white in the potager, and the one in the hot bed, Joena, too near pink to be right but it is blooming. The canna are the top blooms in the hot bed but the old daylilies are producing a lot. The newer daylilies do not have a big enough clump but they are blooming.   Friday 5 June   Finished mowing, exc...