now that it's no longer 40°C i took the chance to go mow the co-op's tiny front yard. i also hacked away some of the vines that will take over everything if not held in check, but i had to thoroughly shake every clump out before putting it in the yard waste bag in case i threw out any valuable whirligig mites
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more garden updates:
- bumblebees of all kinds are going ham on the wild roses and bush honeysuckle
- there are at least two nicely sized orchard orbweavers (Leucauge venusta) and the hackled orbweaver (Uloborus glomosus) has made an egg sac(!)
- only one of the milkweeds (Asclepias syriaca) is flowering so far. they are all being diligently guarded by a horde of whirligig mites
- buds have appeared on the butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa). it's far too early for the Joe-Pye weed (Eutrochium fistulosum) to bloom but it's getting surprisingly big
- Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) has appeared! I am hoping I can guide it towards the building and it can replace the Euonymus.
everyone is like "wow you're so good at gardening" "i didn't know you were into gardening" and i don't want to tell them i'm just there for the bugs and my attitude towards the plants is "if it dies, it dies"
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