Well, dry and not so hot.

Summers in Oklahoma can be brutal.  So far…so good.  Probably bringing on the ire of the weather gods by stating these things.  Today was not so humid that sitting on the porch in the shade didn’t feel so bad.  Temperatures are lower than 90 degrees! (F of course)  But we’ve not had a good soaking rain so the sprinkler is on the front lawn.  I’ll judge by the birdbath when an inch of water had been laid down.

Pet peeve…people who set their lawn sprinkler systems to run for maybe fifteen minutes a dozen times a week.  Okay the last part of that sentence was an exaggeration, but you get the idea.  The best way to keep your grass in good shape is to encourage the roots to go deep.  You do that by watering less frequently, but deeper.  The roots will follow the water down.  Shallow roots die easily in the heat.  End of public service message.

The bees of various species are working the monarda in the front bed.  I like to think I’m helping by providing bee friendly plants, but I like monarda on its own and the helping part is a bonus.

I’ve also got volunteer sunflowers blooming.  They volunteered from seeds the birds did not manage to eat.  Since the blooms will set seeds, the birds will have a second chance to eat.  I buy the ‘expensive’ seed.  Mostly sunflower and I’m not sure what else, but no millet.  Never really saw a bird that liked the millet except house sparrows and no one needs to encourage them.

Today the finches and cardinals have been working on the seed in spite of the ‘shower’ provided by the sprinkler.

So a lazy, not too hot, Sunday in Oklahoma.  The kind were sitting in the shade actually feels good, even OK.