Sunflowers

I just realized I probably should have written this blog before Field of Dreams because I am going to repeat myself, but too late now. I promised myself I would get this stuff up this morning, no yard work today, and the sprinklers are up and running watering three days a week, nice. Thank goodness for Bill, who has the patience of a saint and worked out all the kinks with very little assistance from me, OK, I only helped turn the water on and off on one occasion.

Most of what is pictured here is the sunflowers I moved to make room for my corn field.

I dug out the grass in circles along the fence and moved the grass chunks to a bare spot by the sidewalk to the backyard. This took a couple of hours and really gave my shoveling muscles a good work out. That grass is thick and healthy, I tell you. When I finished transplanting the flowers and grass plus giving everything some water, I took this shot. The poor traumatized sunflowers were a little droopy, but I had high hopes they would bounce right back and take hold just fine. Two weeks later I am not disappointed, as you will see in the final photo here.

I was not happy with how the flowers got lost in the grass, so out came the rocks and the design work began.

The big rock border along the fence will be an evolving project.

I laughed at these pictures this morning and how fast time passes. These sad weepy plants are back with a vengeance, the birds should have plenty of seeds to bury this year. Last year there was one huge sunflower in the garden, this year there are 10 or 12 in the yard.

Linda, as you might be gathering by now is my garden guru, and told me that sunflowers in the garden keep the birds and other bugs away from the vegetables. Who knew?

Watching life grow is just splendid for me, hoping your day is full of growth and beauty.