July Garden Update

July is a great time for Minnesota gardens. My garden has mostly recovered from rodents, due to a double layer of netting around my garden beds. We've been eating green beans, but I won't have many for freezing this year. Next year I will set up the netting immediately so I can get a full crop. The photo above is one of many transplanted Milkweed plants, moved last year from the road where I almost lost them due to spraying.

Here is a hibiscus (bought on clearance!).

Above is a daylily--they're looking fabulous this year, maybe from the recent rains. Below are containers on the back deck and a row of hostas in the yard.

While the rain was needed, it took its toll on my delphiniums, which got heavy and snapped in the wind (only the ones that were extra tall this year and I didn't have a stake that matched their heights). So I took this delicate teacup/May Day gift basket and floated some of the individual blooms in them. Quite lovely!