dry-climate lawn work

I've killed half the grass in the back lawn and planted six each of chamomile, Reiter's thyme, and creeping thyme. We'll see how they grow.

The columbine by the back door is reblooming rather well. The ipomopsis are just about over, as are the gaura and the gladioli. The purple achimenes is bloomig quite generously, but not yet the others.

I haven't deadheaded the godzilla at all, and it doesn't seem to care. Most of the yarrow has gone to seed; I've been pulling stems for weeks, but not many new ones grow. The alyogyne -- aha, I haven't told you about that -- is still small, but has already shown one flower. The echinops are blooming well, and some withering already.