Our bee balm in our flower beds started blooming about a week ago and the wild bee balm I have collected and moved to our garden from our farm started blooming the last two days. It is lavender and the blooms are not as showy ... but I like the color. Bee balm from our flower bed below ...
Wild bee balm (Monarda) below ...
Also, our coneflowers are starting to bloom ... I will be able to get some good pictures of butterflies when they visit. We still have many Great Spangled Fritillary and Eastern Tiger Swallowtails but, still Monarchs or larva in our milkweed patches. However, we have had an abundance of bumblebees.
I have been able to get some good pictures of bumbles in the early morning just as the sun comes up. It takes them a while to warm up and get active. The one below is on slender mountain mint.
We have started digging some of our potatoes. The fingerling varieties are not ready but all others have several large potatoes per plant. Nothing like new potatoes! My garden fencing project is not finished and a deer had her way with some of our green bean plants.
Finally, our cat Bossy was promoted this week to water quality director and irrigation specialist. Summer vacation is half over ... still a lot to do on the farm before I head back to a new A/B schedule.
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