I have forgotten which coneflower this is. It is about three and a half feet tall, and pale pink. A smaller, bright pink one is also blooming at the front of the garden.

This patch of tansy is in the field just to the right of the garden. It used to be in the garden, but seems more like a field plant to me, so moved it. Since then, I am finding patches in other places, not planted by me, but the bird buddies, I guess.

This is the first year that the Joe Pye weed has bloomed without the deer taking the tops off at least once. Truth is, the deer haven’t been around at all, don’t know what is up with that. In other years, we had 5 or 6 out in the field every night. I did see three mama turkeys and a whole bunch of babies in the garden early this morning, but didn’t see anything gone when I went out to check. In the past, they have pulled off little tomatoes, then just left them. Now, that makes me mad.