Sneaky November Susans

Bloomed to the right. Caught on a surprise visit when the weather was warmer than it should have been in our part of the world: Black-eyed Susans, making an encore appearance for 2024.

Sneaky Susans

The wanderers. It amused me greatly when I spied rogue Black-eyed Susans that had managed to spread from the main bunch at the front corner that borders our yard with the neighbor’s to a spot yards off at the base of their foundation. I hope they are feeling free and fancy.

Next up in the rotation

Bountiful blossoms. The patch next to our driveway where our annual crop of black-eyed Susan’s sprout was well-trampled this spring by workers replacing our wooden fence. The ground looked so flat, in fact, that my dear wife Karen and I wondered if the flowers had survived. This summer’s crop tells us yes, indeed.

Hello, Susans

Welcome again. When July is getting ready to say hello to August, the thick crop of Black-Eyed Susans that sit between our house and the next-door neighbors know it’s time to push out their yellow heads. I like their emergence. This year, their greenery is thick, indeed. The flowers up top appear a bit thinner…

Black-eyed Susans emerge

I still don’t know if this hardy stand of Black-Eyed Susans grow on our lawn or our neighbor’s. Right on the line, they are. No matter, really. Beautiful they are. And on the day the blooms emerged, when night fell, my dear wife Karen and I heard the buzz of the cicadas when we let…

Hello, Rose of Sharon (and more)

My dear wife Karen’s careful clipping up front at A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville has paid off again this month of August. She asked if I’d looked closely at the tallest of our front yard garden plants last weekend. The Rose of Sharon had bloomed, big and bright. I had to…