u/CrazyMadHooker

Now if I could just get the Japanese beetles out, that'd be perfect.

Michigan has had some absolute crapshoot weather as of late. I think today was our first day of rain in about 5 weeks. My pumpkins were looking really sad!

Too many to name, but some included are:

Peaches and cream

Coralie

My love

Mr optimist

Gitts attention

And also lisianthus and marigolds. And a boatload of zinnias.

Treating with molasses every few weeks and surprisingly it's working really well. I've only seen a dozen or so this entire week. They also might be mad I'm diligent with bagging buds.

The other slides are my "back bit" which is just where I tossed all my leftover tubers because i couldn't bring myself to toss them and I gave so many away still. These I did not treat with anything at all. They're my sacrificial plants 🤣

Pictured: lisianthus, marigolds, and dahlias.

All I'm waiting on is sunflowers to bloom and then I can open my stand for the season. SO EXCITED!

All these were mystery tubers I accumulated through various sales this winter haha

This week it'll be triple digit and I'm hoping they don't stress out on me.

Row 1 Daisy gourd

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Row 2 casparita

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Row 3 orangita

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Row 4 carnival

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Row 5 blaze gourd

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Row 6 mounds mixed of celebration, whoregarth, and Jack belittle

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Row 7 black bear F1

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Row 8 shiver F1

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Row 9 kratos

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Row 10 jack of hearts F1

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Row 11 same

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Row 12 Griffin

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Row 13 same

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Row 14 flatso

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Row 15 jack of hearts

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Row 16 Blue stackers

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Row 17 same

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Row 18 stacking reds

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Row 19 same

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Row 20 moonstacker

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Row 21 same

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Row 22 Jack be Little

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Everything looks really good. Thankfully the rain is taking breaks instead of flooding the field like the last 2 years.

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Weeds are under control thanks to some pre emergent so hopefully I won't have to be out there in the heat much at all this summer.

Oh, and we also finally got rain after 3 weeks of burn bans, drought conditions, and a neverending task of watering at least once a day. Thanks, Michigan.

My sunflowers are running laps around everything in beds but I know another few weeks and it'll be completely grown in and looking amazing.

I think I got it right this year. We added 4 more beds from the 8 we had last year. Planning to put crushed concrete in sometime in the future.

There is a LOT in here.

* 4 12ft beds of dahlias

* 4 8ft beds of dahlias

* 1 12ft and 1 8ft bed of zinnias

* Sage, rosemary, lavender

* Peonies

* 3 climbing roses

* 2 hydrangea

* 3 tea roses

* 3 astilbe

* 2/3 bed lisianthus

* 2/3 bed marigolds

I think that's all.

I'm so ready for lush garden beds.

Next on the agenda is a whole lot of corn, pumpkins, and sunflowers.

They're going to be comfy for the next few days until these lows get above 37.

I fully planned on this, which is why I have those nifty u posts with cotton swabs on top to drape the cloth. (Not plastic, thankfully!)

Also, 0/10 do not recommend doing this by yourself on a VERY windy day. But, had my husband helped, we'd probably be divorced 🤣