New Mexico #1 Driest State w/ Fires Burning

I know its been a while since I posted here. The Mountain Garden Project is sort of at a stand still. I'm watering twice a day, just to try and keep a few things alive as New Mexico has been rated the #1 driest State. I have to say, plants are not doing well.

On top of that the no-see-ums are fierce this year. Last year they hardly touched me, this year I'm covered in bites just from watering. I did some study on the little buggers and am now armed with an herbal repellent, but the dry, dry air still makes it hard for humans to work.

We are all praying for the Monsoon season to start and bring rain. The rain will help the fire fighters battling several fires in the State. The rain will bring plants to life again. The rain will send the No-See-Ums back down into the dirt until next year.

Rewards in the Wild Flower Garden

Every morning I like to do a little walk about to see how the plants and trees are doing. Its just an enjoyable 15 minutes or so to say, "Good Morning," to the garden. This morning I was greeted by a beautiful red flower. Its little successes like this that make me feel rewarded for the hard work I've done.

I have little white flowers, little orange flowers, little yellow flowers
and one beautiful red flower :-)

Here's my beautiful red flower :-)

Snow on May 11th

This is what it looked like outside, yesterday morning.

Needless to say, not a lot of gardening got done. Over the day the snow did melt, but it never really got warm.

This morning I was able to get a video of a squirrel trying to get into the bird feeder. This little guy is hilarious - and his comedic timing is just perfect.

What this did make me rethink was the fencing around the veggie patch. With the plan I was working on, the tenacious squirrels and rabbits will STILL be able to get at the garden. I really do need to come up with another idea.