It was 92°F yesterday, and I went out to water my plants, but the hose broke at the base, splattering water everywhere except where I needed it. I do not drive, so I could no longer run to the store for a new one. I ended up carrying water to each plant. I was exhausted. My neighbor took me to get a new hose that evening.
I now have my plums on give-away. I have made 12 lb of jam, taken some to work, given away 2 bucket loads to charity jam makers, and now have a box on the street by the front door for people to help themselves. And there is as much to come again in a week or so! All from one tree….
Not a lot done today, just watered pots out the front of the house and looked gloomily at weeds in the back lawn. Mr Cheery and I need to have a chat about those tomorrow. I was thinking of poison, but maybe we can use the weed burner instead.
Had a chat this morning with Mr Cheery and the decision was made to put put a combined fertiliser and weed mix onto the grass front and back. Any weeds that haven't died in a couple of weeks will get their own "special attention".
Before Mr Cheery started on that job, I walked one of the cats and gave the pots in the back garden and the garden beds a good drink and also raked some leaves for the green bin. He then got started on treating the grass and as he had also decided to do the front lawn, I raced out there and began raking up all the leaves that have been sitting there for the last week or so.
Mr Cheery finished the back lawn before I completed the raking of the front, he brought our green bin from back to front and cleaned up the pile of leaves I'd created, whilst I kept raking I find it takes several repeated goes to get all the leaves cleaned up. I then went inside for a tea, whilst he gave the front lawn the treatment. With any luck that will give us a good head start on getting the garden looking nice for springtime.
Tomorrow I might start cleaning up some pots of weeds and try to work out how many pots I have that need seedlings planted in the run up to (dare I say Christmas.
Went out at lunchtime to a local house that was doing a "Secret Garden" event. The lady there is Japanese, so there was Japanese food and local organic wine, and we all got to have a look around their garden.
The previous owners had an allotment out the back, and the chap grew a lot of good veg.
This has all gone now, replaced by curving flower beds planted up with plants and flowers with a literary theme - so Jane Austen roses, and Lady of Shallot (the chap said: "Roses are easy to find with literary names.") One plant is called Bertrand Russell, and there's a little bush called Tom Thumb.
I ended up sitting on a bench next to their camomile lawn (by Mary Wesley), and realised that some of the wildflower seeds I sowed in my own garden had come up after all, because some of them are camomile!
That outing sounds really delightful @Eigon. Did you have to pay a donation to view the garden?
I had a trip to the garden centre this morning and saw there were some pink lady apple trees reduced to fifty dollars. I was very tempted, but I noticed Cheery husband skirted right by them as we were leaving. Perhaps it was his sore feet, but I suspect he thought they were not for us!
Yesterday I planted a pot with 3 small white daisies with yellow centres and filled the gaps with some violas which are pale purple and yellow. I'm looking forward to them growing and filling the pot.
I was on the look out for some petunias at the local garden centre, and they did have some, but not the plain red ones that I was after. I did buy a small punnet of white ones, which I have planted in a blue pot and I think they should look nice once established.
I'll keep my eyes peeled for the plain red petunias and some additional white ones, to plant out for Christmas.
Oh dear, @Sandemaniac, what damage has Bill been doing?
I don't have any hellebores in my garden @Boogie, so I'm always looking at them in catalogues and at garden centres. The seem expensive here too! Washing the mini greenhouse sounds like some planting is about to occur, nice!
I was going to water my pots today, but it's a bit breezy. I think I might leave it until tomorrow.
Oh dear, @Sandemaniac, what damage has Bill been doing?
Bill has been digging holes- initially probably after our bulbs, which isn't great, but has now progressed on to having a good rummage anywhere the ground has been disturbed. Which means anywhere I've cleared something out or planted something, a number of things have had to be put back and laced with extra hot chilli powder.
I can't see any obvious damage this morning so hopefully he's moved on. I suspect it was he who pushed the parapet of the pond over as the plastic ball that lives in there is currently in a far corner of the garden.
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Not a lot done today, just watered pots out the front of the house and looked gloomily at weeds in the back lawn. Mr Cheery and I need to have a chat about those tomorrow. I was thinking of poison, but maybe we can use the weed burner instead.
Before Mr Cheery started on that job, I walked one of the cats and gave the pots in the back garden and the garden beds a good drink and also raked some leaves for the green bin. He then got started on treating the grass and as he had also decided to do the front lawn, I raced out there and began raking up all the leaves that have been sitting there for the last week or so.
Mr Cheery finished the back lawn before I completed the raking of the front, he brought our green bin from back to front and cleaned up the pile of leaves I'd created, whilst I kept raking I find it takes several repeated goes to get all the leaves cleaned up. I then went inside for a tea, whilst he gave the front lawn the treatment. With any luck that will give us a good head start on getting the garden looking nice for springtime.
Tomorrow I might start cleaning up some pots of weeds and try to work out how many pots I have that need seedlings planted in the run up to (dare I say Christmas.
The previous owners had an allotment out the back, and the chap grew a lot of good veg.
This has all gone now, replaced by curving flower beds planted up with plants and flowers with a literary theme - so Jane Austen roses, and Lady of Shallot (the chap said: "Roses are easy to find with literary names.") One plant is called Bertrand Russell, and there's a little bush called Tom Thumb.
I ended up sitting on a bench next to their camomile lawn (by Mary Wesley), and realised that some of the wildflower seeds I sowed in my own garden had come up after all, because some of them are camomile!
I had a trip to the garden centre this morning and saw there were some pink lady apple trees reduced to fifty dollars. I was very tempted, but I noticed Cheery husband skirted right by them as we were leaving. Perhaps it was his sore feet, but I suspect he thought they were not for us!
Less delightful, the rain has been markedly less than forecast, so it's not been refilled as I had hoped.
However, I did see something moving in the vegetation - I reckon I have a froggie!
*Matron!
Yesterday I planted a pot with 3 small white daisies with yellow centres and filled the gaps with some violas which are pale purple and yellow. I'm looking forward to them growing and filling the pot.
I was on the look out for some petunias at the local garden centre, and they did have some, but not the plain red ones that I was after. I did buy a small punnet of white ones, which I have planted in a blue pot and I think they should look nice once established.
I'll keep my eyes peeled for the plain red petunias and some additional white ones, to plant out for Christmas.
Petunias at Christmas - very
different from December here! I'm on the look out for helebores, but they are crazy expensive round these parts.
I picked the last of the tomatoes and cleared out then pressure washed the mini greenhouse.
Pots prepared for kale and chard planting. A lady up the road is giving away lots of seedlings - she planted too many. 🙂 🌱
I don't have any hellebores in my garden @Boogie, so I'm always looking at them in catalogues and at garden centres. The seem expensive here too! Washing the mini greenhouse sounds like some planting is about to occur, nice!
I was going to water my pots today, but it's a bit breezy. I think I might leave it until tomorrow.
Bill has been digging holes- initially probably after our bulbs, which isn't great, but has now progressed on to having a good rummage anywhere the ground has been disturbed. Which means anywhere I've cleared something out or planted something, a number of things have had to be put back and laced with extra hot chilli powder.
I can't see any obvious damage this morning so hopefully he's moved on. I suspect it was he who pushed the parapet of the pond over as the plastic ball that lives in there is currently in a far corner of the garden.