Summer heat is on!

The heat wave continues to "slam" us and today is no different. Yesterday it peaked at 91' and today is going to be a little less then that. Good news though. The rain has been updated for Friday and it is long overdue. The morning waterings are helping a lot and I am sure the town water department will be throwing a party when they send me the bill for this quarter.

Got a couple good buys today at the Springville Walmart garden shop. Stuff is going on sale now and it's a good time to buy perrenials for next years blooms. I bought two 8 inche pots of yellow coreopsis, which I put in the front patio garden. I also bought two 8 inche pots of huge white impatiens just to fill spaces, which are going in the front driveway bench pots. All for less then $12. Check out the photos in this post.

Well, back up to the garden to continue with the weeding....until the next time.....enjoy the heat!

Weeding is the task today

A little humid today and a perfect day to put on the shorts and head up to the garden for long overdue weeding in the corn blocks. I was short of fresh seed when planting, so as in the past I am spacing the seeds close, then replanting the sprouts in the blocks when about 2-3 inches high.

Lost a lot of coriandar and parsley during the last freeze so I now have space to play with. May plant some annuals just for temporary fix. Or just add some late herp and spice seeds and see what comes up.

Not much else for today. I'll begin to add some current photos of the progress soon.

Welcome

Welcome to The Windswept Gardener blogspot. It is a place for home gardeners and folks who like fresh vegetables and beautiful flowers to view, share and post anything relating to that.

Basically this will cater to the northeast region of the US as I live in western New York, just south of Buffalo on the shore of Lake Erie. The name of my blog came from the name of our house, "Windswept" that was on the deed. It was one of the first homes in the area, and sits on a rise above the lake, which is down the road. Because of it's location, we have a constant flow of everything from gentle summer breezes to downright gales. Thus the name of our home.

I moved back to the area after Hurricane Andrew decided to change the "design" of my house and found this house in the rentals. I am from the western New York region and thought it would be a good place to restart. That was 15 plus years ago and since then I met and married my beautiful wife and best friend, and now have a family of several animals including dogs, cats, and a turtle.

I am semi retired and spend most of my days either in the garden, yard, and kitchen. My wife and I are also very much into animal welfare and rescue, particularly the American Staffordshire Terrier more commonly known as pit bulls. Our personal interests vary. Mine is building highly detailed scale model automoblies, hers are scrapbook groups.

I'll begin the garden postings and photos as the year progresses Please feel free to suggest, post comments or photos and again, WELCOME!