Whoa, Now Blogger...

 This summer has been slower for projects -
a) There's simply less low-hanging fruit to be done.
b) It's been Hot, and Covid.
c) I have run out of zeal for projects that seem never to end.

On top of that, Blogger changed their interface. It used to be that the order I clicked on images was the order they would import to the blog. Now it's exactly the opposite. I usually try to curate images into a story that flows (even dis-jointly) in some sort of order.
Now I could go and try to re-import everything, or I could try to tell the story backwards.
So let's start at the end of the weekend.

Some of you might know about how I've been fighting with my lawnmower all season.
This is the little leaver that's supposed to hold a rear wheel up at a pre-determined height.
Notice that it's no longer attached to the mower.

The power washer guy had come and gone on Sunday morning.
Now the slugs can't use it as a buffet.
Soon, a new roof.

There was an annoying pipe sticking out of the ground down near the road. It stuck out about 4" - the perfect height to hit with the lawnmower. (Which might be why it's falling apart.)
I figured this would be a quick project - dig out the weird pipe so I stop hitting it. I assumed it was an old fence post or something. At 3' down, I found that coupling, so today I'm calling Digsafe.

After reviewing how the rest of the images of the hallway prep/paint was going, I decided to delete the rest of the images and re-import them into another post. Trying to tell that story backwards would just not work. Stay tuned...

A little bit of everything

It's been hot.

It's hard to gather the oomph to do messy work on the house, in the house, when it's this hot.

I planted 2 delicata squash plants. I got 2 delicata squashes (so far).

This is the only remaining fruit from the Cheese pumpkin experiment.
The vine climbed up the fence, keeping this one .. gourd? squash? away from nibbling faces.

Tomatos are coming along. Just noticed some blossom end rot on a few,
so I'll have to go grab some bone meal.

My beans did terribly. I think I over fertilized them. But there's new growth at the bottom,
so I cut off all the leggy tops and we'll see what happens.

"Lunchbox peppers" Truly a waste of time.
Barely bigger than a jalapeno, with nothing interesting about it except it's stunted.

The dill is blowing out, but everything else looks pretty happy.
I'm hopeful that this box can get moved to the basement or the shed
and I can rig a light for it over the winter.

Have some carrots going to seed. Never had that happen before.

Blue Jade Dwarf Sweet Corn. So cute! So pretty!
Such a lovely experiment I won't repeat because what a waste of precious garden space!

Dragonflies love my yard. Blue, green, black, and golden ones are not uncommon

At least I can grow cherry tomatoes.
I think these would grow anywhere, under just about any condition, to tell you the truth.

It is color picking time for the upstairs hallway.
The trim will stay white, the floor will stay hardwood (it's more reddish than this picture) and I'm going to have to get test cans, because this is a hard space - The are near the window is quite bright, but the stairwell is quite dark. nothing is going to look uniform.
I'm thinking the lightest versions of #3, 4, and 5 (from left to right.)