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Today is beautiful, mostly cloudy, breezy and cool. :D Round 1, I took pictures and planted morning glory seeds. Round 2, I transplanted some wild morning glories and started clearing weeds and brush around the purple-and-white garden. Round 3, I sowed more grass seed in the bare patch. There is a chance of rain tonight. I also cut more brush around the purple-and-white garden. It's about half done now, I think. Round 4, I cut more brush around the purple-and-white garden. It's about 3/4 done, although I'll probably need to go back and touch up parts later. It already looks a lot better though. Tags: gardening, illinois, nature, personal
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Today is beautiful, cool, and breezy. We checked the firepit after yesterday's Litha bonfire. It had burned down almost completely, just a double handful of stubs to pick out. Then we shoveled up the loose ash and wheeled to dump in the prairie garden. Round 2, I watered plants. Then I picked up sticks in the savanna. Round 3, I sprayed weeds. It's getting dark now, and the fireflies are coming out, so I'm done for the night. Tags: gardening, illinois, nature, personal
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These pictures are from Monday, June 19. Echinacea is beginning to bloom beside the barrel garden.  This is the barrel garden.  This pepper is beginning to ripen.  Moss rose is blooming.  So is gazania.  Million bells are blooming on the patio.  Here is the septic garden.  Cleome is blooming in the white garden.  Yucca is almost done blooming. I was out in the evening and surprised to discover that they are more fragrant at night. Since they are pollinated by moths, this makes sense, but I had not noticed it before.  Some of its flowers are setting seed. This also surprised me, because I didn't think yucca moths came this far north and also I've never seen their little holes (made by exiting caterpillars) on the pods. But perhaps their range is expanding, or some other moths may have done the duty.  Most of the morning glories have been eaten.  This is the cardinal nest in the hazelnut bush.  Here is the wildflower garden.  Echinacea is just putting out petals.  Prairie onions have heads.  Asters are blooming.  These black raspberries are in the blackberry patch.  The blackberries aren't ripe yet.  Tags: birdfeeding, gardening, illinois, nature, personal, photo, photography, wildlife
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