Hello All! My garden this summer is not great. I haven’t been keeping up with it so good. It’s weed-choked and it’s… whatever. Back in March when I started some winter sowing in milk jugs I planted a jug of old snapdragon seeds and hoped for the best. Nothing came up. I finally saw something growing by the handle of the jug. I couldn’t really see it too well, but I was super excited something was growing and thought it had to be a snapdragon. When spring finally sprung I took off the top and knew the plant was NOT a snapdragon. It looked like a weed. I snapped a picture on my phone and used Google Lens to identify it. It turns out I grew a sunflower for some weird reason. Where did a sunflower seed come from? How did that get in my soil? Anyway, I transplanted the sunflower to the outdoor garden at the beginning of June and it was in full bloom by July 1st. It was a short guy too, only about 4 feet tall.

I’m really thankful for that beautiful sunflower! I didn’t get what I wanted (snapdragons) and the timing for a sunflower is really off, but it is what it is. God knew I needed a sunflower. He knows I HATE summer and struggle until the kids go back to school. What a blessing!

DD left for camp two days ago. We pick her up tomorrow morning. I can’t wait to see her and hear about everything they did. Until then, I have lots I want to get done. I am off to work on STUFF!

Have a great Thursday!

Missie S.