The month of July was a very warm one in Kansas. We didn’t too too much in the way of gardening, other than watering plants, and picking lots of tomatoes.

The tomato plants are taller than the fence.

Please bring rain

We’ve been pretty lucky with this year’s tomato crop!

Tucked away, in a shady corner on the north side of the backyard is where Agnes’ bird habitat is. We have two seed feeders, lots of plants, fresh water, and a hummingbird feeder too.

We have a few squirrels that visit the backyard often. There are three different ones that make an appearance at lease once a day to nibble on the seed that the birds have dropped.

This year we have three ruby-throated hummingbirds that have been visiting. We make them fresh food, and they are absolutely beautiful. Two are decent sized and one is teeny-tiny. We are hoping that just maybe some hummingbird chicks will make an appearance.

My avocado Hosta bloomed for the first time this year. It was so beautiful, and very fragrant.

As the month went on, more and more little chicks visited the backyard. We have an adorable baby blue jay, and three baby cardinals. The ones that stole our hearts was Cupcake and Biscuits brood.

Cupcake and Biscuit are Chickadees, and they started this love of bird-watching, and bird-taking-care-of, they are pretty social and follow us to the front yard, and even on walks. Cupcake always lets me know when the feeders need restocked. They also roost near Agnes’ window, and wake us up first thing in the morning. We love these little ones.

Agnes named the chicks Biscoff and Butterscotch, and they are just darling.

The weather is hot in Kansas, and the garden is in full bloom. We are finally picking some tomatoes too. Here are a few photos from the month of June. I took them from our little neck of the woods.

The Hosta bloomed. I love these little blossoms.

This Hosta is bigger than it’s ever been before. I guess it is happy with the weather.

We had lots of Red Lilies bloom this year too.

There are lots of lovely tomato blooms.

I spotted this little heart-shaped ivy growing on the back porch.

There are still lots of little blooms in the hummingbird garden. No hummingbirds have visited yet, but the chickadees seem to like them.

We were on sunflower watch every day. This was one that Agnes planted from seed, and she couldn’t wait for it to bloom.

It finally bloomed, but toppled over in a thunderstorm. The stalk broke right at the base, an Agnes was pretty bummed. I told her that nature has her ways, and maybe she wanted us to bring this beautiful sunflower indoors.

Now it is July, and seriously the weather is miserable. I’m anxiously awaiting Autumn, and cooler days.

The weather warmed up a little too quickly, and everything was in full bloom early this May.

The Iris that I transplanted into the North Garden bloomed with huge white blossoms.

I guess they like their new home.

I can’t remember if this is the third or fourth year for the Hosta in the North Garden. This year they came up early, and they are huge.

Please ignore the endless weeds that I haven’t gotten to, and just focus on those giant Hosta leaves.

The Red Lily has sprouted, and we are just waiting for it to bloom.

I wish I could remember the names of these fragrant little blooms in the planter. They smell fantastic, and the tiny birds are just going crazy for them.

I’m really hoping these purple blossoms bring the butterflies and hummingbirds our way.

Out front we have a little garden around the flag pole. Agnes has been picking out lots of Petunias to add. It is a bit of an eclectic mix, but that pretty much sums up my family.

I’m waiting, waiting, waiting on this little Daisy to bloom. This is my very favorite flower, and it looks like we are only going to get one or two of them this Spring.

The baby Chickadees finally made their fluffy appearance in the garden. Cupcake and Biscuit had two little chicks, but two more have arrived with another momma. They are adorable, but they are eating through the two bird feeders every other day.

We’ve been keeping track of our birdy visitors, and we have had thirteen different types of birds that have visited the feeders. This little guy is Red, he is our darling House Finch, and he has the prettiest song. We’ve added a hummingbird feeder to the garden, but so far no visitors. The kids had fun making hummingbird nectar though.

June is here, and we have the pool up, and I really need to tend to the gardens a bit better. It seems to be either too hot, or too rainy to get out there and get too much done.

I have a few more photos to share from our neck of the woods. Well, from our little part of Kansas.

We transplanted the tomato seedlings, and Dylan brought me a bunch of Marigold’s that his class had sprouted as an early Mother’s Day gift.

Our little Lilac bloomed for just a quick minute. The Lilac bush is one of my very favorites in the shady North garden.

Thanks to all of the rain, we had Wild Violets pop up all over the yard. They are so lovely.

We added a few planters by the bird feeders. I tried to find some blooms and blossoms that hummingbirds might visit.

The little songbirds love the new plants so far. I really hope we see some hummingbirds and butterflies soon.