My body screams at me, “You’re killing me!”, I retort, “Oh shut up- look how much more needs to be done. I promise I’ll soak you in a hot tub when todays work is all over”. I drag it to the waiting shovels and trowel – seeming instruments of torture, but actually the tools of […]
summer
The Bless-ed Rain
It cooled things off and turned everything green, now it seems early summer “normal”.You will be glad to hear I found my hanging basket liners :) I found them at the Anderson’s store. I was so grateful I bought twice the amount intended. I have both the sphagnum liners and the coir. Happy, happy day. […]
Saturday Was Slave Day OR Ilona’s Terrible Awful No-Good Day
And the slave was me. I worked very hard from quite early in the morning potting up even more containers. I have more sunny flower containers than shady ones, but more part-sun spaces. Oh well. It was so hot, I could only do a little digging and weeding. I tried to get my husband to […]
The Last of August Blooming
August is fading, it’s farewell lost on whispering wind while the Labor Day weekend is flashed on the screen of our minds. People are busy with their new school years and have already said their goodbyes to summer, the last of August is simply a tags end sale of afterthoughts. But there are blooms and […]
Monday was for Mulching, Tuesday is for Blogging
Yesterday, in the moderating weather, we mulched with the shredded pine bark. That is my favorite type of mulch because I like the way it smells, and it is a pleasant sort of brown. Usually I would buy cypress, for its insect repelling properties, but I don’t really like its color or texture. One year […]
August Gardening: Ten Suggestions
Yes, it is hot, and no one feels like doing much gardening in the dog days of summer, but here are ten suggestions for your gardening efforts. Remember that August is a good time to weed, and get things ready for fall season planting. September is an important time to plant perennials so they […]
