Garden Discovery

Today I spent some time getting the supports around the peonies, the liatris, the False Indigo, and the bellflowers.  I noticed some jute on the patio, and then some frayed grass, and some soft material in the gravel near the window. When I looked up, I saw this:

a bird's nest in the diagonal support under the deck subfloor.  I'll have to get a ladder tomorrow and take a look inside, although it seems abandoned.  I kept hearing birds from my kitchen window but when I would look for them, I could never spot them.  Now I know why--they were under the deck beneath the kitchen window.

The peonies are filled with buds this year.

Time to support the peonies!  With the plant filled with buds and rain expected all next week, the peonies will need all the support they can muster.  Might as well put the others in their supports at the same time.  It will save me a day in the rain next week as they begin to sky rocket in height.  I'll just have to tuck the growing stems into the support rings as I watch them from the shelter of the covered patio.

False indigo is growing upright very fast

Could I possibly be ahead of the game?  No, a gardener knows you never know what to expect when it comes to weather and plant growth.