This has been a discouraging year for gardening first with the garden being hit with herbicide drift just when they were leafing out and then a back that wouldn't let me keep up with weeding and dead heading. But a friend took some pictures that didn't show the problems and I felt a bit better so I thought I would share them.

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Even the hog barn looks nice

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Just planted in May

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And this morning Minette and Banshee are competing to see which can put on the best display and together with Dr. Merkeley they are perfuming the whole yard