July 2020
Thursday 2 July I finished the mowing today except the cemetery. Spent 1 h. 45 min on the highway. I am also weeding in the potager but not for long as it is so hot. Doing some watering especially the pots. Rain expected for the next week starting tomorrow. The armadillos have been at it near the entrance. I have just finished reading Caroline Dormon’s Flowers Native to the Deep South. I got the 1959 book at the auction of the Southern Garden Symposium last year. I had heard of her before. The book is not so great. There are no photographs to help with identification, just line drawings and water colors. The crepe myrtles are starting to bloom. Friday 3 July I got the cemetery mowed this am at 8 o’clock but still hot and I was soaked through. The areas mowed at the beginning of the recent mow need it again. And it is raining today. We need it. There is a good chance it will rain for several days. I notice today that one of the ‘dead’ banana stalks near the gallery was putting o...