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| Fresh-scrubbed, Sassy enjoyed walking over to Bob's, wet, and sneaking up on him. He thought some mangy coyote was behind him. He just finished waxing his truck, which definitely contributed to the thunderstorm today. |
Instead of washing and waxing the car, a surefire rain generator, I washed Sassy yesterday. I am sure that precipitated the precipitation we are enjoying now.
Earlier today, the Schwan rep told me he did not get stung when he drove up with the Bee Balm hanging out over the driveway and sidewalk. He also appeared to be soliciting an apology, but I was thinking how he bruised my pollinators. Bees foraging are as dangerous as Golden Retrievers. Bees are so busy getting their work done that they pay no attention to humans hovering over them or brushing into them.
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| Bee Balms of various types are like fright wigs, and they attract bees and hummingbirds. |
Jumping up and down, screaming, and waving arms may get the swarm interested in driving away the intruder. I have never been stung by bees while gardening and often brush them away gently with the back of my hand.
The mailman cut some of the Bee Balm down from around the mailbox. I kept moving the buzzing blooms away, but they had an affinity for the box. Once he did some cutting, I cut more away. Only 500 stems are left to bloom now. The cut ones bloomed right away, but much lower to the ground.
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| Shasta Daisies grow in big clumps, but they need cutting to keep them budding and blooming. Fresh as a daisy soon looks like a dying weed. This is the mulch I use, but grassy weeds easily burst through it, even with a cardboard base underneath. |
In fact, I will be cutting off blooms in the earliest Bee Balm group to let them rebloom. Daisies and roses need and enjoy the same kind of regular pruning. Shasta Daisies become dark buttons quickly after blooming, and I planted them specifically for their hosting of beneficial insects.
Cutting promotes growth above and below. Likewise, many congregations go to seed because lazy clergy want to live off the endowment fund instead of tending to their work. The unrighteous servant took care of business, shrewdly, but the drones of the synods fail to see how their own children will have few educational opportunities and very few church occupations. Moreover, they have let the weeds take over, prolific growth in false doctrine, anti-Biblical approaches to everything - rank but sterile growth.
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| This little fuzz-ball is as scary as a poodle. |
