A quick reprieve from ruminating about technology for some recent happy snaps. I’ll try to not do too much complaining about the weather. But I know how hard that’s going to be so, here’s a deal, for every complaint I will offer one bonus. 😁
The extreme heat, and drought, is not normal, so I really wish folks would stop saying it is.
Bonus! It’s reassuring how remarkably resilient some plants and animals are.
One green melon from one surviving plant, I think I’ll name those saved seeds the Miracle Melon.
Not much harvesting happening, but at least something. A few figs and grapes, some herbs and elderberries for flavoring kombucha.
How dare man meddle with the weather, makes me SO mad!
Bonus! We can fully appreciate how precious water is to all of us.
Man changing the climate? Perhaps.
Man changing the weather? Definitely. Do they care how toxic and dangerous that is? Seems like no.
Bonus! We can observe different species peaceful tolerance of the other under times of stress, as well as which critters are more heat tolerant. The honeybees only appearance in the garden at the moment is at this water trough where I feed some tadpoles. But, bumblebees are going crazy on the salvia, wonderful!
It’s so hellishly hot by 10 am we can’t stand to be outside anymore.
Bonus! We can feel like heroes as we try to keep the critters as comfortable as possible.
This cool-looking wasp followed me inside, maybe hoping to keep cool? It’s been living happily on this ‘longevity spinach’ (gynura procumbens) for nearly a week. I didn’t realize they could live so long alone, indoors and with no nectar. The wasps must eat something on the leaves, there’s loads of wasps on the okra leaves too.
Here we come to save the day! Bubba in his tub and Buttercup in her sand hole.
The final bonus of bonuses! I can tackle all kinds of indoor projects I’ve been neglecting, like organizing the closets, washing the windows and floors, attending to the neglected pile of sewing . . .
The only true bonus of that list is that I find it so objectionable I’ll instead be reaching for another novel I’ve been meaning to read. 😆
Thanks for stopping by, hope you’re keeping cool!
Thanks for the heads up. I checked my basil this morning & no nest. As for the red wasps I’ve only seen 2 or 3 all summer & they are really huge. Now I’ll be sure to stay clear of them whenever I see one.
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Interesting about the wasps. I have a sweet basil which is about 2 feet high & very full growing in a container. Every time I go to cut some & disturb the plant about 4 or 5 wasps fly out. I thought they were just seeking the shade of the plant but now I wonder if they’re getting something from the plant itself.
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We have a wasp nest really low on a fig tree, first time I’ve seen that. If it’s the black wasps we leave them be, they aren’t at all aggressive as long as you don’t get really close. But the red wasps are super aggressive—they will dive bomb from a good distance. It’ the red ones on the okra leaves, but clearly there’s no nest there, because they aren’t aggressive at all. Hope there’s no nest in your basil!
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Smart goats. There are so many health benefits to the leaves of the sweet potato vine you’re going to have the healthiest goats around. https://www.bhg.com.au/sweet-potato-leaves
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We eat them sometimes too. It’s amazing how fast they grow, if I didn’t cut them back they’d take over the whole garden as long as they had water.
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