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finally, the yellow sunflowers bloomed.
i had lost two before they had fully bloomed to some hungry squirrels, so i was anxious to take a pic before the same fate happened to this one. partly because so much time had gone into growing these tall beauties, but mostly because i was so happy to finally have this natural representation of my home state in my yard for everyone to see.
so i know i've mentioned my obsession with sunflowers this year, but i have a hidden obsession as well.
a couple of weeks ago, a neighbor down the street, i don't know all that well, gave me some bulbs she said were dahlia's. a flower i was not familiar on, let alone how to grow it. i did some research and thankfully they're not too complicated to grow. so along with the sunflowers, i've been caring for these dahlia's which are finally blooming and are gorgeous! apparently the hardest part of caring for dahlia's are this fall when i have to dig up the bulbs and care for them this winter. i'll let you know how that goes. for now please enjoy these photos.
wanting to bring a little bit of kansas to the yard, at the end of may i planted sunflower seeds. as there's not a lot to do during the pandemic this has become my obsession. watering, weedeing, checking on them everyday....
it took a week or two but i'm finally starting to see the [tiny][tiny] fruits of my labor as a few sprouts finally poked up out of the ground.
kansas here we come....sort of.
last summer, i planted two blueberry bushes at the end of the season. all winter long, i waited to see if the roots took hold before the winter set in. thankfully come spring, leaves actually appeared. early in the summer, blooms appeared and finally some fruit. for a year, i've watered and worried. here are the literal fruits of my labor.
