I have no major complaints about my garden, but I can't stop worrying about global warming, the starving polar bears, the overfished blue fin tuna whose demise will completely upset the ocean ecosystem, dolphins and whales being slaughtered as though they were cockroaches, endless tornadoes laying waste to a third of the country, oil spills, world-wide pesticide overuse, senseless killings everywhere, and I could go on and on. I feel as though I'm living in a relatively untouched island in the sky and that all around me everything is going to hell in a handbasket, and it won't be long before this too is ruined in some way. Floridarose's post made me so frustrated, just another piece of stupidity foisted on humanity by short-sighted and greedy politicians whose palms are probably being greased by the strawberry lobby. I think I'm done now and will proceed to read a cozy mystery where none of those things are ever mentioned. Thank you for allowing me this useless but still somewhat cleansing vent. Misery shared is always better. Ingrid

The white lattice is the compost, and I am sorry to tell you cyn427 the ruffles are my RHUBARB ! Every time it rains hard the shrubs hang WAY DOWN over the Hosta, and then as they dry off they raise back up.. they did all seem healthy and happy this morning after the rain... My cam is just a cheap one, and takes awful quality video, and youtube degrades it even more.. I keep trying to convince myself to buy a nice Digital camera and take some better footage...When I bought the new pc it refuses to work with my now OLD SCHOOL camera..

Thank you, Julia. wasn't doing so good all day,and my daughter asked me if I would like to go to wal mart to get a few things, and I told her yes,i would, so we went and caught in a real downpour trying to get back to the car whenwe wa leaving the store.It came a flood, she got wetter then I did, but we ok.I wish you could grow some of these nice ruffled ones, too as they are so pretty. rutz.Thank you, miss laucius is a 7 inch bloom, some times 7.5.I couldn't find where it was at until I spotted that bloom sticking up. Kay. wild one seems to be a nice one every day. has a lot of substance to it.The daughter and I got back from wal mart and it really did pour hard, and wild one looked like it didn't get any of it, but, know it did.

Thanks you, Kate. I got out early, as I said...not the best photos but rain threatens and you always want to avoid it. Debra, you are so right...I am always changing around. I can't imagine getting rid of that many, but there are always some that need to go. Mantis, as usual, it appears that Spoken in Parables, Sweet Isabella, Marseilles Watercolor and Pink Gingham are the biggest rebloomers. I have never had any rebloom from Wall of Fire. Most of the Time Stealth Bomber and White Eyes Pink Dragon rebloom, but can't say yet. kay