Field corn is knee high or a bit more in Fairmont area. First radishes from Grygla area garden. Big double garden peonies still blooming nicely. White-tailed deer fawns have been arriving the last two weeks. 8 - Catalpa trees and Japanese tree lilacs blooming nicely.
Cedar waxwings feeding on scarlet elderberry fruit.
Tree swallow pair feeding young nestlings. Golden Valley gardener harvested his first zucchini. 9 - Large sulphur shelf mass on an old oak tree early for this orange and yellow fungus. Blue vervain begins blooming. Narrow-leaved cattails shedding pollen.