I needed to escape to my garden today. I knew that I had a lot of roses to look at and kale to pick. Yesterday, someone stole my husband's beloved commuter bike. In 10 years, I have not experienced this kind of theft. We were both very surprised. Oh well, time will tell. Don't know what to say about this incident. I just have to do a lot of digging and weeding to keep my mind off of his loss. 
This is such an upright rose. I think I am going to permanently plant it on the side of the plot to obscure the view of the plot next to me. I call my neighbor...the neglectful gardener. Even though he gets busy, he hardly makes progress. He just grows in chaos. I guess that works for him. Gardening needs a little bit of order and planning. You need to rotate your crops and make sure you don't put plants together that don't like each other. Some people don't care and that's their way.
The roses are at their peak. I didn't want to over pick because the bees love them too...so do the flies. I tried to put the bouquet in the back of the car but changed my mind. I just carried it in one hand all the way home and drove with the other hand. The kale harvest was just another bagful. I gave some away to this lady who always talks about her Dutch origins. Well at least I can make someone happy. At school, I planted the cosmos, trimmed the French lavender, pulled the nasturtium and sweet peas. It was a lot of cleaning up but the garden is once again transforming to the butterfly habitat that it once was. It just takes awhile for the buddleia and the milkweed plants to get going. The students are fascinated with how the sunflower is growing. We planted the Goliath variety. Hopefully, the poppies will flower. They are really still so small. I also gave away a lavender plant to a good home.
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