Ecclesiastes says "for everything there is a season and a time for every matter under Heaven" which is to say: Everything has its place. The Daylilies are fading now. We've harvested most of our seedpods. There are a couple of rebloomers standing like that unidentified man in front of a tank on Tienanmen Square in China oh-so-many years ago as if to say "Daylilies will last all summer... someday." The time for Daylilies has passed. Now the dog days have begun and while most things in the garden are wishing they had an umbrella to shade the scorching heat of the sun and one of those crazy hats that holds two cans and lets you take a drink anytime you get thirsty, a few stalwarts are standing in the middle of the ring, belligerently taunting the others in their corners saying "bring it on..." These are the "Girls" of summer! Veronica 'Sunny Border Blue' and Phlox 'Nikki' to name a couple. But pictured below is the queen of the heat. This is a patch of 'Blackeyed Susan' (Rudbeckia 'Goldstrum') beside our driveway.
The summer heat and drought have thrown their best punches and this little gal is still standing with only a black-eye.
Now, allow us now, to introduce our only staff person at Molehill Gardens. He has no name but his title is "Keeper of the Falls." He keeps watch over the goldfish pond and waterfalls, reminding us to keep the water level up. He was referred to us by our good friends Tonya and David Nash. He works real cheap and hasn't quit us yet (even though we left him outside all winter one year). A true garden lover, he is always smiling. Or maybe he just likes sushi?
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