Thank you Jesus, we started receiving rain again in October. Drought is scary. We are on a well, so we try to only use rain water on our plants and trees. So when the rain stopped and we ran out of rain water, it was hard to watch our plants die. At least they looked like they were dying.

Well, the good news is that many plants are bouncing back now that we have had some rain. Many do not look very attractive, but I can see new growth at the base of the plants, which means they are not dead!

Here is a walk through the garden towards the end of October. It is cooling off and looking better. I realize these are a lot of pictures, but it has been so hot and dry. I feel like every picture of a live plant is a miracle!

Loquat blooming

Beautyberry

Other blooms. We can safely say all plants that are alive are bulletproof after this summer

Here is a cute video of a bee on an Autumn sage. Big bada bee!

Thirsty bees. They drink more water that you might think. I’m getting ready to refill it. It is interesting that they like the scum on the rocks it seems. Maybe they have better footing on the scum, but when I flip the rocks over to expose it, they love it.