My Flowers Out Front

I've been  having beautiful flowers out in front of my house and just had to share!  :-)

The daylillies are spectacular this year!  However the Japanese beetles are totally wrecking the roses-both the blooms and the leaves.  I hope to find a natural way to get those bugs gone!
The hot pink is a seedless loosestrife.  In the bottom center is a blue salvia that often overwinters here and the yellow is a Stella Supreme daylilly.
The bottom picture is a white loosestrife called Shepard's Hook from White Flower Farm, black eyed susans and a daylilly called Shideko or something like that-big blooms in a cluster.
The daisies and black eyed susans really bring out the other colors.  

A Bouquet to Start the Day

Went to pick some tansy to deter ants and could not resist picking this bouquet.  It is filled with tansy, black eyed susans, daisys and alliums.  

Oh How My Garden Grows!

Just about a month ago here in SW Missouri, in early June, I planted the yellow squash, zucchini, watermelon and pumpkins.  I like having pumpkins in October instead of August…. You also miss the first squash bug hatching by waiting until June to plant the vines.  The peppers and tomatoes were out for nearly a month or more before everything else and now some are about ready to pick.  Anyway, there are blooms starting on the watermelon and squash already!  Look out for that missed zucchini! There is more weeding to do but I am pretty proud of this garden.  The okra and green beans were started just about 2 weeks ago.  We had rain both yesterday morning and this morning-in July no less!  Usually we see very little rain from the end of May until August or later.  ­­­­­­­­­ As you can see I need to do some more weeding…….There will be some good eating out of this.  It is all done with as little insecticide and such to keep it as natural as possible.