Today at Iten's Acres: Hot, but not as humid
as it was last week. Rumor has it (according to the Weather Channel)
that a few days of storms are coming. I'll take them. The Acres need
rain, and my pond is disappearing.
The hibiscus and Rose of Sharon
have started to bloom--early like everything else this year. The first
hibiscus to bloom is always a deep plum red one at the turn in the
driveway. You can't see it until you
turn past the old apple tree--and then, a bouquet of red flowers as
large as a basketball. Lovely--if you're into red. The first Rose of
Sharon is a bluish purple one that blooms behind the blue-purple
bed--imagine that. I moved in there three years ago because it was
doing horribly where it was. It obviously loves its new "home." Blooms
first and blooms a lot every summer since. Sometimes moves are good;
sometimes not so much. I moved a few other things just yesterday. I
always assume they can't do worse then where they are now. I think dead
is worse than scrawny, though. I'll be watering the new moves a lot
for the next couple of weeks, and then I'll just have to wait and see.
Even with the dryness there are lots of blooms everywhere. Each walk
is a kaleidoscope of color from the front of the Acres to the end of the
wild area. If I get some rain (don't worry, I'll share it), I should
get even more color. Living in the country, by the way, you had best
like greens.
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