It’s hard to believe that it’s August already.  This summer has swooped past at top speed.  We were lucky that for the most part the weather was mild.  However, that does make one wonder what this winter will be like.

     My gardens are now full of marigolds from last year’s seed heads, red sage, purple Echinacea, multicolored snap dragons, and the mums are beginning to bloom.  As I dead head flowers, I have a habit of dropping the seeds from all my annuals right onto the ground.  I have been lucky to have the flowers return each year.  It saves me a fortune since I haven’t had to buy these annuals for several years now.

     I spent several hours weeding the pond garden and trimming back the Lizard Tail in the pond.  The Lizard Tail is in a pot on a shelf in the pond.  It was getting huge and taking up a lot of space both in and out of the pond.

     The Koi seem happy that I trimmed back the Lizard Tail but I think the frogs are upset that they lost some hiding places.  They’ll get over it.