How does your garden grow, mid-June

What a crazy difference two weeks of warm weather makes to a garden!

I think it was jonquil who told me to plant something in the center medallion of our courtyard that would make me happy every time I saw it. I picked a flower mix sort of at random - Home Depot was selling these circular trays of mixed seedlings that were meant to go in a container, and I thought maybe they'd work okay in the medallion instead. And wow, have they ever grown into a gorgeous, lush, vibrant display.

Petunias were never my favorite flower, but you know what? I am happy every time I open my gate and see this:



( the progress of everything else )

Incidentally, the sage that was blossoming two weeks ago is now looking yellowed and sad. Is that because we let it flower and go to seed? My impulse is to cut it way back and let it re-grow. Is that the right impulse?

The lavender is blossoming now, and it is beautiful. We have enormous tons of lavender. I always pictured it as a small delicate plant, but we have big woody lavender bushes.

The whole garden has an amazing herbal smell. I can't believe how happy it makes me to be growing things.

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Alex just came into the room, announced that she was a witch, mounted herself on a child-sized broom, and pranced away.

Then she came back in. "I flew to Earth to get some of its energy," she informed me. "Now it's in my space broom. I'm going to Jupiter now!"

On her next trip through, she was holding some big pink pipe cleaners. "I went to the moon," she said. "I brought some more gravity."

Three-year-olds can be a trial, but you know what? They can also be AWESOME.