I am really disgustipated at the gardeners

 But first, yes it's hot, windy and we're closed up for the day before noon. It was 89 outside and 86 inside... not good.

When we had to go out  yesterday the first thing I noticed walking to the car was a butchering of the hibiscus bush.

I want to take this man's pruners away because seriously, you do not prune a hibiscus in the middle of summer like that! On my way back from the garden, I noticed the camellia had been butchered as well. I swear it was a full bush on the weekend but there were tables and people in the way. It is the right time of year for trimming camellias but not butchering them like that. Oh and he also either cut or pulled out the sprout that was at the edge of the pavement.  Oh and almost a year ago I mentioned about him pruning the hell out of a Pyracantha at the entrance gate..it's gone now. Gee I wonder why.

I remember at the party standing at the end of a table that was in front of the ac unit and it was blowing very warm air so it was likely cut to allow that to breathe. And the bushes that could use a mid season pruning? Roses aren't touched. 

Grrumble.

On to my dirt garden, the plants are definitely wilting in the heat and the soil dries out faster than popcorn in a pan.

Everything got a good dousing of water I noticed the roots of the pepper in the bucket were a bit exposed so after I watered I got a couple of trowels of dirt and put it on them. Oh and the dirt in the log piles.

Definitely signs someone is putting dirt in there so it is likely the gopher. The corner dirt had been watered yesterday so it wasn't as fresh but that also means no overnight activity there. And when I was watering I noticed dirt piled against the wall on the wood, not sure if it was there before and am now nervous the gophers are back on that side again.

So a little nerve wracking there since the larger cucumber is about the same size as the one they got in the other bed. As for the beans, I pitched the egg carton experiment and did start them in a baggie. Six seeds in damp paper towels.

I seem to recall pinto beans being the easiest to grow and these are green 'garden' beans which I don't know, maybe they aren't as easy as pintos. Then my farm friend in Washington who has sheep and chickens, goats and rabbits all providing fetilizer grows beans already five feet tall in a planter box. I told her I needed some of her 'magic sheep poo' to grow my plants. She needs to market it as '4 Ewe Poo', all organic and free range ruminant manure.

I am now convince that the damage on the sunflower leaves is from the water because it is where it doesn't dry off as fast being caught at the tip and therefore burns the area or causes a fungus to grow. It's also another factor that they are extremely thirsty plants when they're starting after that they don't need as much. Oh that little one in front and the other small ones I think I'm going to pull, they haven't grown much compared to the others and I don't need that  many sunflowers. And of course too much heat is another culprit so .... what to do what to do. They aren't even budding yet but I bet if they survive long enough they'll flower when it starts cooling down. Right.

Grr about the bushes..grrumble about the weather... sigh about the garden.