mbvirtue's Blog

Really didn't want to go to work today, but once you're there, it's hard to call in sick!!  We had almost 6 inches of rain over the weekend, that's a rough estimate because we were out of town Saturday night and the 3+" raingauge was overflowing when I checked it Sunday morning...

The red sunflowers in front of the house are really feeling the brunt of the rain, it's got them so heavy they can't hold up their heads anymore.  For only two plants, there certainly are a lot of flowers!  The sunflowers I'm familiar with produce only one seed head for each plant, one of ours had 15 last count.  Mind you, they aren't large like the yellow variety.

Otherwise, the rain seems to have washed off the JBs (Japanese Beetles for the uninitiated), so the green beans may make a last comeback.  Peach tree is a watch and wait, they aren't due 'til Sept. 8th (son's birthday), and if there are any apples left on the tree, they are due the week before.  Rain and wind has taken down about 1/2 of the fruit, I've given up trying to get 'em before the chippies do!  Bon Apetit, mes amies!