We have horrible humidity here where I am in Illinois! There are days it is unbearable! We have it a lot from about the middle of July through August

Thanks gals for your compliments! Glad all the weeds blended in in the photos! I am in the "Palm Springs" of Washington State...semi arid, so humidity is nill. It is much drier than western washington. I love the way my skin feels hydrated when I come up your way Sky!

Sky wrote:

Quote: love some of the grasses, do you have any that aren't invasive? I had planted one last year to temporarily fill a spot until we could move a tree to the location and it was really invasive and spread rapidly with underground runners. Now, I will only plant one in a pot first to see how it behaves. Do you grow lavender? I have a nice grouping of lavender on the front corner and will take a pic when they come into bloom.

All the grasses I have planted do not have runners, but get huge after a few years so I have to divide and separate. I don't grow lavender except in herb pots, but I love it and want to try growing some. I need to find the right spot.
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I have lavender. It does real well. It smells so good. I don't know why I did not think Illinois would be humid.

I can see why you would think that - but we are! It is not uncommon in late July and August to have 90% humidity! Justin's hair does a complete frizz and mine does a complete droop! We get so much condensation on our beverage glasses it isn't funny!

That is why when hubby was offered a promotion to Houston years ago we said NO THANKS because we had been told it was way more humid there.

We had some rain after our long dry spell. A lot of my delphiniums were bent over and broken..............they looked good for a while though. I staked some of them back up but we just had some heavy rain again so I'm not sure what they'll look like in the morning.

That's to bad

We had bad storms yesterday too.

Sunny today though!

I did manage a nice bouquet with them plus a few others from the garden, that's the reward for growing them.........being able to have fresh cut flowers.

Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...well you know my gardening tip about snails (no point in yelling at them!!! - they are deaf)

My other tip is...if you have a Ceanothus growing at the bottom of your garden, don't ignore it!!! It's a triffid in disguise - one day it's a little bush with beautiful blue flowers, next minute it has spread & is tapping on the window when you are asleep!!! (Hmmmmmmmmmm...maybe that was just my nightmare!)

Seriously, my Mum planted it for me in the garden, & as it got bigger I thought YAY, my own bit of countryside in the middle of town (alongside the Buddleia which is a manicly growing thing too!) Oh yes...& the Clamatis which looks lovely when in bloom, but eventually attached itself to my rotary washing line! I now have about 3 inch square of lawn to sit on.

Can you tell I'm NOT good at gardening!

I don't know Adrift, sounds to me like it's all thriving!!! The trick is to get things to GROW, and you obviously have been able to do that! You can prune them you know!

Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...I thought prunes were for errrrrrrrr toilet problems!!!

Fang tells me he likes prunes and he does'nt have toilet problems ...

Have another drink everyone! Party at Fang's!