For record keeping, what follows is a running list of monthly garden activity I haven’t mentioned in journal posts:

• Spotted new green shoots in the three dahlia beds. Still wondering if all dahlias survived the cold. early June
• After weeks of very limited rain, the stream is at its lowest level so far. early June
• The Himalayan blue poppies have completed their blooming. mid June
• Removed the sole, large pampas grass between the lupine hill and garden shed. Not our favorite plant!  Glad about its shallow roots. mid June
• Pruned the two Cornus alba siberian dogwood bushes outside the ground floor, taking off about 24″ inches all around. mid June
• Noticed first flowers on both varieties of bush peas, as well as marionberries.  mid June 
• Removed various dead plants including a woody vine in black arches area, one plant along the bed of hydrangeas, and one near variegated dogwood shrub. late June
• Cut back all the columbine and Jacob’s ladder in perennial beds. Also pruned all the catmint everywhere it grows. late June
• Harvested first crop of Packman hybrid broccoli, center heads only. Ate some, froze lots. Pictured two months ago, right before harvest, and after harvest — 4 pounds. late June